"Memory. — It is a mirror, that retains, and retains forever. Nothing is lost in it, nothing is erased. But it can be tarnished. And then one sees nothing in it."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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