One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.

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Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal.

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He who studies without passion will never become anything more than a pedant.

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Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

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Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.

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The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.

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Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

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Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

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There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

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In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

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