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We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.

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A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man – the one he used to be.
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Boy Growth Himself Man Philosophy Wisdom Youth
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Complete Man Success Transcendence Work
But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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Hide Life Lose People Trick Worst
We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Goodness Thinking Work
The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
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Account Act Private Remark Revenge Yourself
The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.
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Generation Interest Problem Solve
The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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Effort Experience Future Past Skills Technique World Yourself
When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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Author Dreams End Yourself
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared
When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
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Bright Fire Ideas Poetry Production Writing
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search
The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
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Brutal Man Slow Time Willing
It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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Exception Life Live Point Yourself
Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.
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Greatness Happiness Important Intensity Love Lover
Not believing in anything is also a religion .
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Believe Religion Wisdom

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