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Man is only what he becomes--profound truth; but he becomes only what he is, truth still more profound.
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To love, to dream, to feel, to learn, to understand--all these are possible to me if only I may be relieved from willing.
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To reform one's maxims is nothing: it is but to change the title of the book. To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life.