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mind great-minds virtue
Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
two people sublime
Like most young people, these two attributed to the world their own intelligence and virtues. Youth who knows no failure has no mercy on the faults of other people; but it has also a sublime faith in them.
doe martyr great-writers
A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
self feelings hierarchy
Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among the Holy Saints.
two stupidity assuming
Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.
success wish
We do not wish success yet we obtain it. Always we find what we are not looking for. These words are too true not to become a proverb some day.
women two suffering
To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?
secret unhappy treasure
Thought is the only treasure that God sets outside all power and keeps to serve as a secret link among the unhappy.
pounds timidity
An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.
passion justice victim
Neither the passions not justice nor politics nor the great social forces ever consider the victims they strike.
self self-love turns
The wounds of self-love turn incurable when the oxide of self-love gets into them.
self resignation unfortunate
By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate.
catholic sublime church
Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a woman sublime.
dream home gentleman
Life in clubs is no paltry sign of the times we live in. Here gentlemen gamble with others whom they would not dream of inviting to their homes.