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Talent is nothing but long patience.

Gustave Flaubert

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Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.
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Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
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The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.
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Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
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Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.
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I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.
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Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.
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To be simple is no small matter.
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