Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.

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Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

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Science says 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, wisdom says 'We must die,' and seeks how to make us die well.

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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid-in which case all comment is superfluous-or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

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The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule.

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