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

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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.”

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