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It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

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First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

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Age merely shows what children we remain.

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Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

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For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

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Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

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Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

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Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

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A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

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Nothing is worth more than this day.

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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

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Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

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If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

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One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

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Mastery passes often for egotism.

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Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

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We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

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