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Open schools and prisons will close.

The forces that come together for good do not add up, they multiply.

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The noise of the laughter passes. The power of the reasoning remains.

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La injusticia, siempre mala, es horrible ejercida contra un desdichado.

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The man who gets up is even greater than the one who has not fallen.

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Sometimes crying is the way to express things that can't be said with words.

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When we do not understand something, it is necessary to declare it absurd or superior to our intelligence, and generally, the first determination is adopted.

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All things are impossible until they seem so.

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Pain, when it does not turn into a tormentor, is a great teacher.

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The more the obstacles are divided, the easier they are to overcome.

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Replacing self-love with the love of others is like exchanging an insufferable tyrant for a good friend.

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Charity is a duty; the choice of form, a right.

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