“The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it”
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“The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it”
“What is mysterious, secret, unknown, cannot at the same time be known as an object of faith”
“The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected”
“An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity”
“Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.”
“Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances”
““I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.”
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.”
“I compare human life to a large mansion of many apartments, two of which I can only describe, the doors of the rest being as yet shut upon me”
“The greatest pleasure I know is to do something by stealth and have it found out by accident”
“Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum”
“The secret of happiness is having something meaningful to do, seeking purpose”
“I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy”
“A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass”