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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
It is freezing fit to split a stone.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
True friendship is never serene.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
Oh Dear! How unfortunate I am not to have anyone to weep with!
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
