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Modesty is the grace of the soul.

— Jacques Delille A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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I love to dream, but do not wish
To have a pin prick rouse me.

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.

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Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Malheur at Pitié (1803)

He sees only night, and hears only silence.

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

To promise is to give, to hope is to enjoy.

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