"A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective."

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“We call “happiness” a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.”

“The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”

“When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.”

“True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one’s own the suffering and joys of others.”

“The great artists are the ones who dare to entitle to beauty things so natural that when they’re seen afterward, people say: Why did I never realize before that this too was beautiful?”

“O my dearest and most lovable thought, why should I try further to legitimize your birth?”

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