Not seeing people permits one to attribute to them all possible perfections.
The joy which we inspire has this charming property, that, far from growing meagre, like all reflections, it returns to us more radiant than ever.
I shall not understand you, but I shall listen to you. When one hears the voices of those whom one loves, one does not need to understand the words that they utter.
It is very easy to be kind; the difficulty lies in being just.
Since the most sublime things are often those which are the least understood.
That which we lack attracts us. No one loves the light like the blind man.
It is the fate of many men to live thus half submerged.
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