Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

—David T. Wolf

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We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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The person lives twice who lives the first life well.

—Robert Herrick

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Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

—Logan Pearsall Smith

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Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience.

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