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"The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him."
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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
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"The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age."
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"The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity."
"Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator."
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