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What a vast fraternity it is,--that of 'Hearts that Ache.' For the last three months it has seemed to me as though all society were coming to me, to drop its mask for a moment and initiate me into the mystery. How we do suffer! And we go on laughing; for, as a practical joke at our expense, life is a success.

Henry Adams
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Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.

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History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.

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He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

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Friends are born, not made.

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Chaos breeds life; Order creates habit.

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