"If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself."
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"All animals are to be found in men and each of theme exists in some man, sometimes several at the time."
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"Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one's course by it, still one must try to follow its direction."
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"Sometimes, the best answer is a more interesting question."
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"The trouble with the fast lane is that all the movement is horizontal. And I like to go vertical sometimes."
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"We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why."
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"Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not."
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"Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth."
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"Sometimes unnecessary roughness is necessary."
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"There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot."
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"Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea."
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"Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good."
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"The master sometimes serves, and the servant sometimes is master."
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"We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others."
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"One thing leads to another? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict."
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"Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, the secret is actually keeping us."
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"Important moments like this are time to reflect. To remind us, sometimes, that it's not only important what you wear, but it's also important to be aware."
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"When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back"
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"Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me."
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"Sometimes the best kaizen is no kaizen at all."
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