Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

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Greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.

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If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.

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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

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One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

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We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

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If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

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A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

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A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

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Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

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