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" Integrity has no need of rules. "

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" At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things. "

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" Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. "

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" Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. "

" The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge. "