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“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”
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“The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but, on the contrary, of its liberality and humanity. It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted, and only a few things are forbidden.”
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“Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.”
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“Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
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“to be breakable is not the same as to be perishable. Strike a glass and it will not endure an instant; simply do not strike it, and it will endure a thousand years.”
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