To be great is to be misunderstood.

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  A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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  The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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  There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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  What is a rebel? A man who says no.

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  I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church.

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  What have you gained from philosophy? — This at least, if nothing else: to be prepared for every fortune.

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