Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.

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When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.

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Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.

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The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.

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It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.

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There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.

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Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers...

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In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

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Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

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Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.

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