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I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially. ↗

— Steve Chabot

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The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans. ↗

— Dominique de Villepin

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Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians. ↗

— Linda Chavez

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The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them. ↗

— Michael Chiklis

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I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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