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He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature… is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires. – Marquis de Sade

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Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. – Walter Scott

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I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you youre wonderful every time you do something I think thats human nature. – David Duchovny

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Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us. – Robinson Jeffers

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My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimms fairy tales. I even saw a theater production of Tom Thumb during Advent at the State Theater in Danzig, which my mother took me to see. – Gunter Grass

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