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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but
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Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.
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"Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.
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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
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-- François de La Rouch Remember your dreams.
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