Evil often triumphs, but never conquers.

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Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.

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What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.

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Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

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Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

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When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.

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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

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I look at what I have and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

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