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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.”
― Hermann Hesse

“The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy.”
― Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality
but a hammer with which to shape it.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life”
― Bertolt Brecht, Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays: Includes: In Search of Justice; Informer; Elephant Calf; Measures Taken; Exception and the Rule; Salzburg Dance of Death

“I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.”
― Eugene O'Neill