"Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence."
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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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"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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"Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray."
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