My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues. Sand and Foam
"Gregor's appeals to his father were of no help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
If happiness lay in bodily pleasures, we would call oxen happy when they find vetch to eat. Fragments
“When a man is rich, whether in gold or in knowledge, he must treat the poverty of others with consideration.” Leo Africanus
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