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Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own.
Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.
If you want to get pleasure out of life, you must attach value to the world.
There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.
The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.
It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.
He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.
In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age.
Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Well-mannered children could be conceived if the parents were well-mannered.
How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action.
Once you have missed the first buttonhole, you'll never manage to button up.
Blood is a juice of rarest quality. [Ger., Blut ist ein ganz beondrer Saft.]
Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
I can't wait to get my memory back. It sounds like I am a really cool person
I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo?
Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.
To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.
I'm angry because I was so scared for so many years about just being myself.
I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
Happiness consists in activity. It is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.
Well, men go to musicals. Women are the ones that buy the tickets for plays.
I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.
You should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run.
People shouldn't be allowed to get married until it's too late to have kids.
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
Knowledge is easy to come by. Understanding what you know takes much longer.
I was a very avid reader when I was a child, and I also was a good listener.
If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
People who don't have a concept of the whole can do very unfortunate things.
The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure.
First you must find your trajectory, and then comes the social coordination.
Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.
The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.
To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.
A tragic writer does not have to believe in God, but he must believe in man.
I suppose a child's first obligation is to become a stranger to his parents.
I love you. We’re getting married, and that’s the way it is. Get used to it.
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.
My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.
I guess it's true what they say: if you wait long enough everything changes.
Here at last is her smile: burn it into your memory; you won't see it often.