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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.

Ivan Turgenev

I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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Heaven Myself
Significance is sweet.
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One Liner Sweet
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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Desire Expectation Genuine Holy Sympathy
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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Beginning Moments Patience Wait
Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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Death Deep Encounter Joke New
We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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Fools Happiness Monster Ourselves Young
Don’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
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Force Myself Talk
Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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Bird Fairy Tale Feed
We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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Reach Stars
However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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Answer Door Nature Word
I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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Man Myself Opinion Share
People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
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Character Fate Necessary People Responsibility Willing
Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this – Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
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Equality Miracle Person Prayer
The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
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Dreams Past Remember
You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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Friendly Live People Soul Yourself
I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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Myself Oneself Opinion

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