Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

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Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.

Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.

Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It ex

I can only note that the past is beautiful, because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

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    Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

    My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

    My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

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