I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
LEO TOLSTOYThe more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Kings are the slaves of history.
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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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