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We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming
Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the people
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
The way to know life is to love many things
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed