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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone,

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. – Laurence Sterne

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People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy. – Laurence Sterne

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Only the brave know how to forgive… a coward never forgave it is not in his nature. – Laurence Sterne

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However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone. – Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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