The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

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I love you for all that you are, all that you have been, all that you're yet to be.

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Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

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The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical experience, insight and the resulting wisdom many are strong at the broken places just like mended broken bones often are, and some people even have the great insight to be grateful for the purifying fire.

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Never mistake motion for action.

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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Religion is the opium of the poor.

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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

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In order to write about life first you must live it.

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I drink to make other people more interesting.

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