Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.

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In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

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It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.

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One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.

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All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

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Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

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There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

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Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.

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Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal.

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He who studies without passion will never become anything more than a pedant.

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