The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

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He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

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Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

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Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

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Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

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Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

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Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

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Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

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A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

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