Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all

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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

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We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.

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I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.

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But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface.

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You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

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However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.

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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.

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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

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Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty

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