The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.
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The extreme limit of wisdom - that is what the public calls madness.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
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In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.
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After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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