"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."

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"There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

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"A woman's life is a history of the affections."

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"Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old."

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"There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble."

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"Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster."

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"They who drink beer will think beer."

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"The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow."

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"An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather."

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"Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home."

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