We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.

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Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

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We cannot be sure that we have something to live for unless we are ready to die for it.

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Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

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Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.

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We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us.

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The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

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The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

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