

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
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“A Frenchman's self-assurance stems from his belief that he is mentally and physically irresistibly fascinating to both men and women. An Englishman's self-assurance is founded on his being a citizen of the best organized state in the world and on the fact that, as an Englishman, he always knows what to do, and that whatever he does as an Englishman is unquestionably correct. An Italian is self-assured because he is excitable and easily forgets. A Russian is self-assured simply because he knows nothing and does not want to know anything, since he does not believe in the possibility of knowing anything fully.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“It's of no use to look back and say, "I should have been different." At any given moment, we are the way we are, and we see what we're able to see. For that reason, guilt is always inappropriate.”
― Nothing Special
― Nothing Special
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