Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on.
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Joy from that in type we borrow,Which in life gives only sorrow.
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Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel, supreme chief of the German armed forces, explained the thinking behind the Nazis' Night and Fog ... Efficient and enduring intimidation can only be achieved... by measures by which the relatives of the criminals do not know the fate of the criminals... These measures will have a deterrent effect because the prisoners will vanish without a trace and no information may be given as to their whereabouts or their fate.
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Give her in return of beauty rare.
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To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.
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Life is the childhood of our immortality.
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