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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves.
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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.
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[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.
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There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance
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We should tend our freedom wisely.
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Den ville i det minste i drømme varme opp det blod som naturen har latt i stikken, den ville løftet haken og drøyet både musklene, energien og livsgleden for denne stakkaren som i full fart iler mot sin undergang.
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