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Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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If it is true that in every friend there is a potential enemy. Why can't it be that every enemy hides a friend who waits for their time?

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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When I was young, I almost always read to learn; today, sometimes, I read to forget.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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If any man, even a vulgar one, knew how to narrate his own life, he would write one of the greatest novels ever written.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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I fear only one enemy who is called, myself.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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Excessive good health is disturbing, for its neighbor, illness, is always ready to bring it down.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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Weapons are instruments for killing and Governments allow people to manufacture and buy them, knowing perfectly well that a revolver can be used in no way other than to kill someone.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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Money, which has caused the death of so many bodies, makes thousands of souls die every day.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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Anger is like fire; it cannot be extinguished except at the first spark. After that, it's too late.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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Love is not capable of seeing the bad sides of a being; hatred is not capable of seeing the good sides.

Paracelso

Paracelso

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Nothing is poison, everything is poison: the difference is in the dose.

Paracelso

Paracelso

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Let it not be from another who can be master of oneself.