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Words are naught but wind, and the fairest promises like dreams that take flight with the morning.

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All the vices lead to fortune when they are joined with the vilest of all--avarice. This is the secret of life.

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Satan is cunning and man is weak, but God rules the heart of his faithful, and does what he will.

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Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbour; relieve the poor by your alms; and expect your reward in eternity.

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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Franz Kafka

Édouard René de Laboulaye

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Born: January 18, 1811
Died: May 25, 1883 (aged 72)
Bio: Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye was a French jurist, poet, author and anti-slavery activist. In 1865 he originated the idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States that resulted in the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

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