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" When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began. "

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" To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common. "

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" Sing me a new song; the world is transfigured; all the Heavens are rejoicing. "

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" There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all. "

" No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. "

" The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. "

" Wit is the epitaph of an emotion. "

" There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane. "

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" We have art in order not to die of the truth. "

" The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.' "

" The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. "

" Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect. "

" There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it. "

" That which does not kill us makes us stronger. "

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" People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights. "

" Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. "

" I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage. "

" Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. "

" There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice. "

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" Idleness is the parent of psychology. "

" An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris. "

" Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood. "

" He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. "

" When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live. "

" There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. "

" He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? "

" Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. "

" What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness. "

" Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? "

" It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. "

" A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation. "