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" It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. "

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" To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. "

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" Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. "

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" We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. "

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" For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity. "

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" It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. "

" The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. "

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