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"Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand."

"All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing."

"Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long."

"There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger."

"Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything."
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"The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick."

"One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force."

"In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend."

"There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time."

"There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all."
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