The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Edward Gibbon
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  1. ... but I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life.

  2. Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

  3. Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.

  4. Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

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