"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
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"Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves."
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"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"
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"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion."
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"We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education."
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