"My soul has gained the freedom of the night."

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“The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.”

“It is easier to be generous than to be just.”

“Death is part of this life and not of the next.”

“Princess Bibesco delighted in a semi-ideal world — a world which, though having a counterpart in her experience, was to a great extent brought into being by her own temperament and, one might say, flair.”

“Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how to develop our strengths.”

“Winter draws what summer paints.”

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