Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

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The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.