Fall Quote by Fridtjof Nansen

“Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.”

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Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

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Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

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The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

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Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

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Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

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