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"Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will."

"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
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"He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."

"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."
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"That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others."

"For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day."

"I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?"

"The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will."

"But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?"
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