As we grow old, we become aware that death is drawing near; his shadow falls across our path; … - Stefan Zweig

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In order to keep the lamp burning you have to keep putting the oil in it.

Stefan Zweig

As we grow old, we become aware that death is drawing near; his shadow falls across our path; the realities of life seem less crude than of yore, they touch our senses less intimately, and they lose much of their poignancy.

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In this instant, shaken to her very depths, this ecstatic human being has a first inkling that the soul is made of stuff so mysteriously elastic that a single event can make it big enough to contain the infinite.

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If you are going to sell yourself, you should at least get a good price.

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One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. . . . It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.

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