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The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
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There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.
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The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.
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