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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is clos...more

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Des Menschen Kraft, im Dichter offenbartThe human power is revealed by poetIl potere dell'umanità si rivela nel poeta

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There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

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We are all pilgrims who seek Italy.

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Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.

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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.

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15"General ideas and great conceit are always a fair way to bring about terrible misfortune.

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If I wasn't a devil myself I'd give Me up to the Devil this very minute.

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By Fortune's adverse buffets overborneTo solitude I fled, to wilds forlorn,And not in utter loneliness to live,Myself at last did to the Devil give!