We are inclined to believe those whom we don not know because they have never deceived us.
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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
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The joy of life is variety the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
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No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.
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