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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in...
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No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are...
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I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those...
Quote #5052
The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as...
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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...
Quote #29732
The creator is both detached and committed, free and yet ensnared, concerned but not...
Quote #14222
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and...
Quote #29493
The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days.
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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam that flashes across his...
Quote #11186
A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.