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Victoria Wolff
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“One must learn to be silent just as one must learn to talk.”
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“I have guarded myself more carefully against contented people than against contagious diseases.”
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“Perhaps what we are searching for in love we will find in its most beautiful completeness only in death.”
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“Emigration is easy, but immigration is something else. To flee, yes; but to be accepted?”
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“At night I am never afraid of life; only in the morning.”
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“So-called good advice is always served with compliments and sprinkled with sugar. I don't like sugar.”
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“The psychology of landlords is not affected by race or climate.”
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“Cowardice conserves strength.”
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“... a group of three isn't such a good idea. Two can be honest with each other. Two can mutually prove what they are made of. The third is the beginning of a crowd. He brings convention to the other two, deprecation of individual worth. His presence makes each of the others lose something of their personality.”
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“I am not a first-rate writer. I write with blood in place of ink. But why should only first-rate writers have a place in the world? The railroad has a second class too! Isn't that so?”
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“Hate is not a good counselor.”
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“Love, genuine love, makes people good.”
Victoria Wolff, English writer
(1903 - 1992)