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

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When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.

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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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There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.

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Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

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Man is what he believes.

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

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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

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

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