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“ But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment. ”

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I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.

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What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.

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All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.

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I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.

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