Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.
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We do not know the worth of one single drop of blood, one single tear. All is grace. If the Eternal is the Eternal, the last word for each one of us belongs to Him. This is what I should have told this Jewish child. But I could only embrace him weeping.Francois Mauriac
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I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them.
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