"We are like travelers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs."

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"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."

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"I'm sorry you lost the suit,' he said.She shrugged.'At this point, it was mostly a metaphor anyway,' she said..."

"Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action."

"A car with a small hole in its fuel tank unattended to shall see its fuel draining little by little and it shall only be left in the middle of a long journey! So is life! Mind the small things!"

"Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump, you may be freeing him from being a camel."

"There are people among us who are biologically human but who are androids in the metaphoric sense."

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