"The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,Is that which rages in the place of dearest love."

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“Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.”

“Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.”

“A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing.”

“In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.”

“Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.”

“A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.”

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"Precious Saviour! come in spirit, and lay Thy strong, gentle grasp of love on our dear boys and girls, and keep these our lambs from the fangs of the wolf."

— Theodore L. Cuyler

Politics1822–1909

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"Earth, thou grain of sand on the shore of the Universe of God; thou Bethlehem, amongst the princely cities of the heavens; thou art, and remainest, the Loved One amongst ten thousand suns and worlds, …"

— Wilhelm von Pressel

Technology1821–1902

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"My memoirs "On the Mechanical Theory of Heat" are of different kinds. Some are devoted to the development of the general theory and to the application thereof to those properties of bodies which are u…"

— Rudolf Clausius

Science1822–1888

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"It is from the education of the new generations that we will especially be able to expect a real moral progress. It is important first of all to develop in it self-control, love of truth and solidarit…"

— African Spir

Philosophy1837–1890

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