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1187 German Quotes

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Clear gain Sacrifice pleasure Avoid pain
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people.

We forfeit Three fourths Ourselves Other people
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If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

So interested In ourselves Life So uninterested
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Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world

Everyone takes The limits Own vision The world
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness Human nature Warmth To wax
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Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

Every possession Every happiness By chance Uncertain time
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Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Nature shows The growth Intelligence Increased capacity
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Our sorrows Spring out Our relations Other people
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Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.

Sleep The interest To pay Capital
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To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
Live alone The fate Great souls
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The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

Greatest achievements Human mind Generally received Distrust
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The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

The man Never feels What it Never occurs
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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

Great minds Brief span Time Great buildings
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In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties

Monogamous part The world Marry One's rights
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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

All truth Passes through Ridiculed Violently opposed
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The word of man is the most durable of all material.

The word Man Most durable All material
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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

In action Great heart Chief qualification In work
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Great men Like eagles Build Their nest
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Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Wicked thought Worthless Efforts gradually The face
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Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Reading Equivalent Thinking Someone else
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We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

The death Our enemies Much regret We feel
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Talent Can hit Genius Can see
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Intellect is invisible to the man who has none

Intellect Is invisible The man Has none
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No one can transcend their own individuality

No one Can transcend Own individuality
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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consists Freedom From pain Positive element
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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friends Acquaintances Surest passport To fortune
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Time is that in which all things pass away
Time All things Pass away
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Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.

Ordinary people Think how Spend Their time
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A word too much always defeats its purpose.

A word Too much Always defeats Its purpose
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Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.

Books Have to Be heavy Whole world
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Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?

The character Reading Printed page More real
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Because fear kills everything,Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

Fear kills Everything Your mind Your heart
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This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can find friends between the pages of a book, wonderful friends.

Taught me How easily Can escape This world
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Sometimes, when you're so sad you don't know what to do, it helps to be angry.

So sad It helps Be angry
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You know a great many things in dreams, often despite the evidence of your eyes. You just know them.

A great Many things In dream The evidence
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Nothing is more frightening than a fear you cannot name.

Nothing More frightening A fear Cannot name
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Hope. Nothing is more intoxicating.

Hope Nothing More intoxicating
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A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

A reader Really see The characters Feels them
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Nothing is more terrifying than fearlessness.

Nothing More terrifying Fearlessness
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You know what they say: When people start burning books they'll soon burn human beings.

When people Start Burning books Soon burn
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My children were all made from paper and printer's ink.

My children All made From paper Printer's ink
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Why did death make life taste so much sweeter? Why could the heart love only what it could also lose?

Did death Make life Taste Much sweeter
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There could be few men whose love for a woman had been written on his face with a knife.

Few men Whose love A woman Been written
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In love - it sounded like a sickness without any cure, and wasn't that just how it sometimes felt?

In love Sounded A sickness Any cure
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If you keep pretending you're in that book, it will make you not want to live in the life you're in.

Keep pretending That book To live The life
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Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.

Books Like flypaper Memories cling Printed pages
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The truth's not pretty of course. No one likes to look it in the face.

The truth Not pretty No one Look it
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We're all liars when it serves our purpose.

All liars It serves Our purpose
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Some books should be tasted,some devoured but only few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Some books Be tasted Some devoured Digested thoroughly
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Reality is a fragile thing.

Reality Fragile thing
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