Let me smile with the wise and feed with the rich.

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Books like friends should be few and well-chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes m

Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy, and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

If your determination is fixed I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to dilige

If your determination is fixed I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.

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    Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.

    Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.

    Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly  have the laugh on her side.

    Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly  have the laugh on her side.

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