Ludwig Borne Quotes
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Nought endures but change.
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History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.
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The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.
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Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation]
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The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.
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The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.
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Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily.
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Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.
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Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
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Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.
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Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
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Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
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You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.
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If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.
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Ministers fall like buttered slices of bread: usually on their good side.
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Only the suppressed word is dangerous.
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To be original you must listen to the voice of your heart rather than the clamor of the world - and have the courage to teach publicly what you have learned. The source of all genius is sincerity; men would be wiser if they were more moral.
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