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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

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If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enoug...more

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Every novel which is truly written contributes to the total of knowledge which is there at the disposal of the next writer who comes, but the next wri...more

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How little we know of what there is to know. I wish that I were going to live a long time instead of going to die today because I have learned much ab...more

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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.