A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

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