The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it... did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind. -Heinrich Heine

 

The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it... did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind.


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Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.

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Dieu me pardonnera. C'est son m'etier (God will forgive me. It's his profession).

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Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.

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Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.

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The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.

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