Strange though it may seem, people rarely show such enthusiasm as when they are seeking the proof of a ghost story � the soul gathers all this sort of thing to its hungry bosom.

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A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father.

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He did not know what to say in the face of such sorrow. He sat in silence by his sister's side in the spring verdure, which was too young; and the hidden strings in his breast began to quiver; and to sound. This was the first time that he had ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul.

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The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little; and this drip continued, falling obstinately, falling without pause on the souls of the children.

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The life of man is so short that ordinary people simply cannot afford to be born.

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What you have stolen can never be yours.

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Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.

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Human beings, in point of fact, are lonely by nature, and one should feel sorry for them and love them and mourn with them. It is certain that people would understand one another better and love one another more if they would admit to one another how lonely they were, how sad they were in their tormented, anxious longings and feeble hopes.

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Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.

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For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.

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