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What seems to me the highest and the most difficult achievement of Art is not to make us laugh or cry, or to rouse our lust or our anger, but to do as nature does-that is, fill us with wonderment.

Gustave Flaubert

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One Liner Perception Truth
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History Ignorance Ourselves Time
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To be simple is no small matter.
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Minimalism One Liner Simplicity
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Blow Chill Love Request
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The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.
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