"A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be Uranus, or it may be in the shutter."
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"I may be running out of options, but running out isn't an option."
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"Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead."
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"The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces."
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"I love him who liveth in order to know, and seeketh to know in order that the Superman may hereafter live. Thus seeketh he his own down-going."
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"Jealous is every virtue of the others, and a dreadful thing is jealousy. Even virtues may succumb by jealousy."
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"I want to suffer so that I may love."
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"My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be."
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"Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]"
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"People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody."
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"Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory."
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"You may be smart, but I've been smart longer."
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"Nothing will stop me, and whether I'm here or wherever I may be, I'll always have the same feelings, I'll say what I feel."
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"Your labor only may be sold, your soul must not."
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"Man himself has become our greatest hazard and our only hope. So that today, St. John the apostle may well be paraphrased: In the end is the Word, and the Word is Man - and the Word is with Men."
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"A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of the game than he that plays it."
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"A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth."
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"You never know how close you are to a breakthrough. It may be right around the corner. Don't quit!"
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"What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but it is emotionally possible."
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"Every opinion which embodies somewhat of the portion of truth which the common opinion omits, ought to be considered precious, with whatever amount of error and confusion that truth may be blended."
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