The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
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Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.
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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
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Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
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The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
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Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.
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Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.
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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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