All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

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  The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.

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  I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.

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  They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.

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  You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always come back.

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  We should desire few things ardently if we knew perfectly what we desire.

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  We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world saw all the motives that produce them.

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