It is not the object described that matters, but the light that falls on it.

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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

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Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.

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Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

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I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.

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An unshared happiness is not happiness.

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They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.

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Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by the spirit of light.

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How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?

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She was here on earth to make sense of its wild enchantments.

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