I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest sensibility of life
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The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms his strength into right, and obedience into duty.
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Leave those vain moralists, my friend, and return to the depth of your soul that is where you will always rediscover the source of the sacred fire which so often inflamed us with love of the sublime virtues that is where you will see the eternal image of true beauty, the contemplation of which inspires us with a holy enthusiasm.
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Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
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