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Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. ↗

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I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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I'm a victim of maybe circumstances, but look at how it worked out. ↗

— Jessica Hahn

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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. ↗