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"A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness."

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"A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time."

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"It is the passions that do and undo everything."

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"If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it."

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"If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it."

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"There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women."

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