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I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

A sacred thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.

It pays to know the enemy—not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more, as I grow older.

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

What the heart knows today, the head will understand tomorrow.

The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.

What we do not understand we do not possess.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.