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The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.
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Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised
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For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the summit, I must zigzag it in my own way.
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The hand is my feeler with which I reach through isolation and darkness and seize every pleasure, every activity that my fingers encounter.
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Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession.
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granting that we had both the will and the sense to choose our friends well, how few of us have the power! or, at least, how limited, for most, is the sphere of choice!