"Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence."
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"Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.“
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"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."
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"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time."
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"Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time."
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"Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm."
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"What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease."
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