“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.”
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
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