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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page - boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about
If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I
I quote others only in order the better to express myself
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears
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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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