Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

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There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

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Eat, drink and love...the rest is not worth a nickel

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Nothing so fretful, so despicable as a Scribbler, see what I am, and what a parcel of Scoundrels I have brought about my ears, and what language I have been obliged to treat them with to deal with them in their own way; - all this comes of Authorship.

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They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.

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I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.

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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

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The devil was the first democrat

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