"A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories."
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"When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues."
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"The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste."
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"Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love."
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