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The way to know life is to love many things.

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Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.

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What I am in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never hav...more

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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

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I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

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I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

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Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter i...more

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One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

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Art is to console those who are broken by life.

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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

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You can live to be old or young, but you'll always have moments when you lose your head.

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Only when I fall do I get up again.

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One of the most beautiful things to do is to paint darkness, which nevertheless has light in it.