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Quote #1:   "Our ignorance of history makes us libel to our own times. People have always been like this."
Quote #2:   "One must not always think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form."
Quote #3:   "Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times."
Quote #4:   "That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust."
Quote #5:   "Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth."
Quote #6:   "To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."