“Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!”
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Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.
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It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.
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The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.
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