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"Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding."
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"Off... you will never understand me...You ignore me... now you... then it will be my turn!"
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"Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all."
"I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress."
"No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."
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"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."
"In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime."
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