Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable. - Alphonse Karr

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Too much I've seen, and felt, and lov'd in life, Living I come to seek Lethaean calm; Let me, fair scenes! forget all worldly strife, Oblivion solely is my bosom's balm.

Alphonse Karr

Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable.

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Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

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I am thankful that thorns have roses.

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All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

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Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

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Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

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Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.

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I like my hair long, and I love my bangs. I love them because I can pin them back or keep the fringe with attitude.

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It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative.

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