"Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough."
-Sextus Propertius
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"By gold all good faith has been banished by gold our rights are abused the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.“
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"Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?"
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
-George Sand
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"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."
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"Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals."
-Albert Schweitzer
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