A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
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Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale.
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The movements of exaltation which belong to genius are egotistic by their very nature. A calm, clear mind, not subject to the spasms and crises which are so often met with in creative or intensely perceptive natures, is the best basis for love or friendship. Observe, I am talking about minds. I won't say, the more intellect, the less capacity for loving for that would do wrong to the understanding and reason but on the other hand, that the brain runs away with the heart's best blood, which gives the world a few pages of wisdom or sentiment or poetry, instead of making one other heart happy, I have no question.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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