One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. The Counterfeiters
“If I had found the food I liked, believe me, I should have made no fuss and stuffed myself like you or anyone else.” These were his last words, but in his dimming eyes there remained the firm though no longer proud persuasion that he was still continuing to fast.” A Hunger Artist
Unbecoming to a gentleman, too, and vulgar are the means of livelihood of all hired workmen whom we pay for mere manual labour, not for artistic skill; for in their case the very wage they receive is a pledge of their slavery. On Duties
“I feel as if I had been in the world a thousand years, and I trail my life behind me like an endless scarf.” Seagull
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