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"The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?"
"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."
"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."
"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."
"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
"The verdict of the world is conclusive."
"Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses."
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"Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that."
"Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie."
"If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing."
"The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat."
"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."
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