"I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me."
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"Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude."
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"With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails."
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"One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks."
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"A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state."
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"Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient."
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"Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows."
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"Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. [Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]"
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"If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature."
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"No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even one and the same person won't always maintain the same views and judgments: earlier convictions must give way to later ones."
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"Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age."
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"The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain."
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"If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner."
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"Manners form the great charm of women."
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"To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous."
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"There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people."
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"Unrest and uncertainty are our lot."
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"Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste."
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"Moral epochs have their course as well as the seasons. We can no more hold them fast than we can hold sun, moon, and stars. Our faults perpetually return upon us; and herein lies the subtlest difficulty of self-knowledge."
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"There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste. [Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.]"
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