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The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no accou...more

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When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.

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It is no use trying to sum people up.

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For in marriage a little licence, a little independence there mustbe between people living together day in day out in the same house; which Richard ga...more

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Thinking was torment; why not give up thinking, and drift and dream? But the misery of the world, she thought, forces me to think. Or was that a pose?...more

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How then did it work out, this? How did one judge people, think of them? How did one add up this and that and conclude that it was liking one felt, or...more

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Feelings that would not have disgraced a leader who, now that the snow has begun to fall and the mountain-top is covered in mist, knows that he must l...more

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Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.

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This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the...more

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I am extremely happy walking on the downs...I like to have space to spread my mind out in.

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Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.