A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.

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It’s the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

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Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.

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If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.

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The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.

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Money is coined liberty.

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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.

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Oh I’ve plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.

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It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

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