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The temerity to believe in nothing.


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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.



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I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.



We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.



Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.



Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.



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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.



Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.



Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.



Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.



Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.





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