"Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how to develop our strengths."

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“The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.”

“It is easier to be generous than to be just.”

“Death is part of this life and not of the next.”

“Princess Bibesco delighted in a semi-ideal world — a world which, though having a counterpart in her experience, was to a great extent brought into being by her own temperament and, one might say, flair.”

“Winter draws what summer paints.”

“My soul has gained the freedom of the night.”

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