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One's own troubles can be borne with fortitude; only a monster of indifference can bear the sufferings of others with fortitude.
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Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
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Boredom comes simply from ignorance and lack of imagination.
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The novelists of the nineteeth century had all the luck. They had a huge and easily pleased public and the world they surveyed had every appearance of permanence.
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All dogs seem to be great linguists, according to their owners. They always understand every word that's said to them.
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Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a leading role.