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If you speak the truth have a foot in the stirrup. To convert an hourly wage to an approximate yearly salary, double the wage and change the decimal to a comma. Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. Forty million Frenchmen can't be wrong. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? In great moments life seems neither right nor wrong, but something greater: it seems inevitable. Man is still responsible. ... His success lies not with the stars, but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline. He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars. The worst is not sSo long as we can say "This is the worst." The worst cynicism, a belief in luck. We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing. Faith in oneself... is the best and safest course. When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it. France is the only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. He who endures penance and hardships for another delights in that person's company. Fire tries gold, misfortune men. No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman. I awoke one morning and found myself famous. If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck.
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