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“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. With this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low. I live in calm, looking to the end.”
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“There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.”
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“The only problem is whether one adds life to one's years or years to one's life.”
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“... our lives are stories we tell ourselves.”
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“In love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are.”
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“Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.”
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“Irreproachable as a beast of burden, he is open to many objections as a steed. It is unpleasant, in the first place, to ride an animal which not only objects to being ridden, but cherishes a strong personal antipathy to his rider.”
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“... I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband ...”