I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.

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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

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I'm not contented to capture the world. I want to change it.

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There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

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You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

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once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up

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You don't get into trouble because of the things you don't know. It is the things you don't know you don't know that really get you into a mess.

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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

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Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

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