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Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.


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They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.



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To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.



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The search for truth is more precious than its possession.



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A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.



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He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.



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Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.



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The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.



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