There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.

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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.

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If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those whose fear life are already three parts dead...

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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

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Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.

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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

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Man is what he believes.

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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.

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A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

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