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My coat and I live comfortably together. It has assumed all my wrinkles, does not hurt me anywhere, has moulded itself on my deformities, and is complacent to all my movements, and I only feel its presence because it keeps me warm. Old coats and old friends are the same thing.
—Hugo.
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Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.
—Rabbi Hillel.
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Let no man think he is loved by any man when he loves no man.
—Epictetus.
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