Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis quotes
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“To judge of the real importance of the individual, we should think of the effect his death would produce.”
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“Human nature is so weak that the honest men who have no religion make me fret with their perilous virtue, as rope-dancers with their dangerous equilibrium.”
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“It is because gold is rare that gilding has been invented, which, without having its solidity, has all its brilliancy. Thus, to replace the kindness we lack, we have devised politeness which has all its appearance.”
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“Reflection increases the vigor of the mind, as exercise does the strength of the body.”
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“Since we are exposed to inevitable sorrows, wisdom is the art of finding compensation.”
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“The uncertainty of events disturbs the purest enjoyments.”
-- Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis
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Source : Abraham Coles (1892). “Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)”
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“For good undone, and gifts misspent, and resolutions vain”
Source : Adam Lindsay Gordon, Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (1911). “Poems: A.H. Massina”
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Source : Alan Seeger (2001). “Poems”
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“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”
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“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”
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