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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

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Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
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General Happiness Life Man Marriage
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
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Artist Deep Perspective Work
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Instrument Musician Nature Ourselves
To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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Oneself Properly Truth
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Block Feeling Oneself Shadow Sun
The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
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Himself Poet True World
Man has his being in truth–if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying–but of acting against one’s conviction.
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Betrayal Lying Man Oneself Question Sacrifice Truth
A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Common Existence Life Love Need Oneself
Perceptibility is a kind of attentiveness.
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Attention Kind
You are alone with everything you love.
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Alone Love Yourself
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Body Man Perspective Temple Universe
Accident is simply unforeseen order.
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Action Order Perspective Simplicity
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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Enjoyment Learning Pleasure
To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
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Fight Oneself Truth
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Awakening Deep Dreams

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