“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
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Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.
Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.
Live your life and forget your age.
