There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard.
The mind's direction is more important than its progress.
I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing.
Close your eyes and you will see.
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