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She was in that highly-wrought state when the reasoning powers act with great rapidity: the state a man is in before a battle or a struggle, in danger, and at the decisive moments of life - those moments when a man shows once and for all what he is worth, that his past was not lived in vain but was a preparation for these moments.

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...the more he did nothing, the less time he had to do anything.

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Life did not stop, and one had to live.

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The one who is happy, that's the one who is right.

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God gave the day, God gave the strength.

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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

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God is the same everywhere.

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller th…

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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are comp…

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