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“Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
― Essays and Aphorisms
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude”
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“Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure”
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“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.”
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“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
― Essays and Aphorisms
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