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“Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.”
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“A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly”
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“Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death”
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“It is now, and in this world, that we must live”
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“Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.”
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“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.”
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“Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone”
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“The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.”
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“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”
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“Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.”
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“It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.”
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