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Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art
Water is the driving force of all nature
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true
Our life is made by the death of others
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else
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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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