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“Blessed, unquestionably, is he who has it in his power to do evil, yet does it not.”

“When one has one good day in the year, one is not wholly unfortunate.”

“Some there are who are much more ashamed of confessing a sin than of committing it.”

“I have heard much of these languishing lovers, but I never yet saw one of them die for love.”

“God always helps madmen, lovers, and drunkards.”

“To me it seems much better to love a woman as a woman, than to make her one's idol, as many do. For my part, I am convinced that it is better to use than to abuse.”

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