Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
The darkness of death is like the evening twilight, it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
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Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.
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