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" In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. "
Henri Frederic Amiel
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" Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. "
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" Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest. "
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" He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. "
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" Common sense is calculation applied to life. "
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" Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. "
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" Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. "
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" Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle. "
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" It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. "
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" We only understand that which already is within us. "
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" Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. "
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" If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. "
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" Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. "
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" Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. "
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" Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. "
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" Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. "
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" There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. "
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" The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "
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" I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. "
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" Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. "
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" Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. "
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