A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

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Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

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Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long.

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Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

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No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

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Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.
(Hinc Gham Sit Calmus Saevior Ense Patet)

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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.

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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

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