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"Nothing is so aggravating than calmness."
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"Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."
"For what is truth? In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived. In matters of science, it is the ultimate sensation. In matters of art, it is one's last mood."
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"There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful."
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