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It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power
It is not certain that everything is uncertain
Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world
If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy
I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world
However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion
Great and small suffer the same mishaps
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force
Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism
Continued eloquence is wearisome
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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