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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
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"The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives."
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"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""
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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."
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"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."
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"A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."
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"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one."
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"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts."
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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."
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"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."
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"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model."
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"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
Voice


"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."
Man


"It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures."
Nature


"When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars."
Religion


"The best way to know God is to love many things."
Love


"Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion."
Faith


"The way to know life is to love many things."
Life


"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."
Appreciation


"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
Love
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