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I find nothing more depressing than optimism.


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Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.


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Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.


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As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.


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It doesn't get better, it doesn't get worse, but it sure gets different!


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Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.


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