Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. Human, All Too Human
It is a great folly to lose the inner man in order to gain the outer, that is, to give up the whole or the greater part of one's quiet, leisure, and independence for splendour, rank, pomp, titles and honours. Parerga and Paralipomena
I say patience, and shuffle the cards. Don Quixote
“Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.” The Cherry Orchard
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