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The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it
Love, children, and work are the great sources of fertilizing contact between the individual and the rest of the world
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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