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The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being...more

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Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important pe...more

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Este incredibil cât de completă este iluzia care ne face să credem că frumuseţea este în genere bunătate.

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Davout looked up and gazed intently at him. For some seconds they looked at one another, and that look saved Pierre. Apart from conditions of war and ...more

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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not k...more

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Man can be master of nothing while he fears death, but he who does not fear it possesses all. If there were no suffering, man would not know his limit...more

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In order to understand, observe, deduce, man must first be conscious of himself as alive.

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A man's every action is inevitably conditioned by what surrounds him and by his own body.

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There are such repulsive faces in the world.

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Life did not stop, and one had to live.

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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

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What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the wil...more

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This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer.

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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and he...more