Proposition True

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“And so let my proposition be understood and pondered: history can be borne only by strong personalities, weak ones are utterly extinguished by it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)