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"Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will."

"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
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"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."
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"Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them."
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"Your will to success supersedes all other wills."

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
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"A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated."

"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

"Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment."

"We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on."

"If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from."

"Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk."

"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."

"I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."
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