Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.
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Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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