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"One can be the master of what one does but never of what one feels."

Translations

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness”

Gustave Flaubert

“Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions”

“There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it”

“Writing is a dog’s life but the only life worth living”

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