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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Oscar Wilde Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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  • George Holbrook Jackson Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.
    George Holbrook Jackson
    British journalist, writer and publisher (1874 - 1948)
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  • Denis Diderot Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Only the great can afford to have great defects.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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  • Robert F. Kennedy Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
    Robert F. Kennedy
    American Senator (1925 - 1968)
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  • Helen Keller Only we can so little; together we can do so much.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Our civilization is characterized by the word ''progress.'' Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It is occupied with building an ever more complicated structure. And even clarity is sought only
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Simone Weil The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the possibility opening before him and does not try to grasp it, even at the risk of destroying himself and his country, is either
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Elias Canetti The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Simone Weil The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Helen Keller The only thing worse than being blind is that you do have sight but no vision .
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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  • Elias Canetti The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Sydney Smiles The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
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  • Robert M. Pirsig The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.
    Robert M. Pirsig
    American writer and philosopher (1928 - 2017)
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