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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselve

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public. – Gary Ackerman

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I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy. – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Its hard for me to think of others because Im not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. – Alan Hovhaness

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The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party. – Goldwin Smith

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