Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

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When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.

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I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

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True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.

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You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.

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I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

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You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.

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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.

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God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

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Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

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