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"They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is."
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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
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"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands."
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"The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives."
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"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents."
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"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""
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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."
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"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."
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"The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human."
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"A man in the house is worth two in the street."
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"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."
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"Oh! blame not the bard."
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"Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion."
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"By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life."
Life


"Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still."
Woman


"A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady."
Friendship


"The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing."
Heart


"Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise."
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"'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone."
Memory


"What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine."
Friendship


"If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable."
Honor
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