Let people judge me as they please - I can deceive them, but I cannot deceive myself.

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The only thing that we know is that we know nothing - and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.

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The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.

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All our problems are caused by forgetting what lives within us, and we sell our souls for the “bowl of stew” of bodily satisfactions.

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All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

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By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.

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An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life - becoming a better person.

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

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Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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