“ People who live alone always have something on their minds that they would willingly share. ”
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“ No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith. ”
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“ Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. ”
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“ You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile! ”
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“ We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating. ”
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“ By poeticizing love, we imagine in those we love virtues that they often do not possess; this then becomes the source of constant mistakes and constant distress. ”
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“ Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosophers stone. ”
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“ There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. ”
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“ Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. ”
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“ If you wish women to love you, be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter, and women fell in love with him. ”
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“ Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. ”
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“ We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ”
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“ Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. ”
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“ Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. ”
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“ Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs. ”
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“ You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile! ”
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“ You will not become a saint through other people's sins. ”
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“ We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating. ”
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“ People who live alone always have something on their minds that they would willingly share. ”
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“ There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. ”
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“ I referred to the need for learning to punctuate properly because in a work of art punctuation often plays the part of musical notation and can't be learned from a textbook; it requires instinct and experience. ”
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