Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust. The Art Of War
No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond. Journals
The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes. Reflections on Literature and Morality
About fame... Just as the sand-dunes, heaped one upon another, hide each the first, so in life the former deeds are quickly hidden by those that follow after. Book VII
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