"Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself."

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#Men Quotes #Creative Quotes #Literature Quotes

“I definitely feel more comfortable in my own skin since turning 40.”
“I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter but my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter but I think it's about forgiveness... forgiveness, even if you don't love me anymore.”
“Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more cheerful in the future, it's because of our aspiration and exertion to be cheerful in the present. What we do accumulates; the future is the result of what we do right now.”
“It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love.”
“The Christian principles on which the country was primarily founded are rarely consulted other than for formalities of state, derision, or for the purpose of contrasts in the making of new laws.”
“I had my first real kiss at Magic Mountain on a park bench. Not the most romantic thing ever.”
“You have to know why you get up every morning.”
“The danger with playing a part that defines you is that it swallows up everything else.”

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