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Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants' quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.
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None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.
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In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
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Never expect women to be sincere so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.
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Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
September 13, 1830
Died:
March 12, 1916
(aged 85)
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