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I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.