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Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

Alexander Pushkin

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Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.
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If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.
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I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.
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