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

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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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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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One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

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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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It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.

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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 as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

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

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Health alone does not suffice. To be happy, to become creative, man must always be strengthened by faith in the meaning of his own existence.

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