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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.


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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.



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Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.



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Into each life some rain must fall.



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The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.



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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.



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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.



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