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To be understood

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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. Oscar Wilde

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. Seneca

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Helen Keller

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function. Solomon Asch

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite! Paul Dirac

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