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As long as the heart preserves desire, the mind preserves illusion.
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We are convinced that the great writers have told their own story in their works. One only truly describes one's own heart by attributing it to another, and the greater part of genius is composed of memories.
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The heart is like the tree that gives balm for the wounds of man, only when the iron has wounded it.
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The original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
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Born:
September 4, 1768
Died:
July 4, 1848
(aged 79)
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