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We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.


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Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.



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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.



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If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.



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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.



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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.



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The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.



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Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.



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More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.





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