All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
EDGAR ALLAN POEIn efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.
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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.
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I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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And all I loved, I loved alone.
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A man’s grammar, like Caesar’s wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
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There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
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