Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.
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In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.
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Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral.
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Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.
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The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.
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Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
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