Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.
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Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.
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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
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Few books are more thrilling than certain confessions, but they must be honest, and the author must have something to confess.
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To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them to dare, to seek, to invent it is at such a moment that new talents are revealed, discovered, and realized.
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