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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.

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He who doesn't know how to be a servant should never be allowed to be a master; the interests of public life are alien to anyone who is unable to enjoy others' successes, and such a person should never be entrusted with public affairs.

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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

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The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

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I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable pleasure, though I sin frightfully against the conventions of the stage. It is a comedy with three female parts, six male, four acts, a landscape (view of the lake), lots of talk on literature, little action and tons of love.

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When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is.

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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

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One must speak about serious things seriously.

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A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field.

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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.

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Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.

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Three o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy.

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Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.

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When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

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I have the feeling that I've seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.

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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.

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Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one's dignity.

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Even in Siberia there is happiness.

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Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood!

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