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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

James Boswell

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.

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The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

James Boswell

Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion.

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A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

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Relationship Quote

A man keeps another's secret better than he does his own. A woman, on the other hand, keeps her own better than another's.

- Jean de La Bruyere

Friendship Quote

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

- Mary Richards

Love Quote

I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.

- Woody Allen

Motivational Quote

It always seems impossible until it's done.

- Nelson Mandela

Life Quote

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

- Maya Angelou

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