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" It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. "

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" One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. "

" Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. "

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