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Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time.
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Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Reality is a prison, where one vegetates and always will...
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Not believing in anything is also a religion.
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Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always.
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When we read, we are not looking for new ideas, but to see our own thoughts given the seal of confirmation on the printed page. The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our own - the place where we live - and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves
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Now that I've seen what war is ... I know that everybody, if one day it should end, ought to ask himself: "And what shall we make of the fallen? Why are they dead?" I wouldn't know what to say. Not now, at any rate. Nor does it seem to me that the others know. Perhaps only dead know, and only for them is the war really over.
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Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body.
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Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
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Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better.
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Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?
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I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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We do not remember days, we remember moments.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.
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But all years are stupid. It's only when they're over that they become interesting.
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Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
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