"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
-Victor Hugo
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"Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.“
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"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace."
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"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees."
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"Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet."
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"There is nothing like a dream to create the future."
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