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Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.

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Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

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Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

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A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.

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A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

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Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

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Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

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—He's a cultured allroundman, Bloom is, he said seriously. He's not one of your common or garden ... you know ... There's a touch of the art...

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If the Irish programme did not insist on the Irish language I suppose I could call myself a nationalist. As it is, I am content to recognize m...

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There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

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We love because it's the only true adventure.

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If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

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We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.

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I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

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Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

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Ain't they got no shame.

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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.

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Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

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Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

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You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.

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