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There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.