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I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights...
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Money is good for bribing yourself through the inconveniences of life.
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Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how...
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All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner but they disbelieve the other...
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In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the...
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The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain...
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Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self it is no humility...
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It is books that are a key to the wide world if you can’t...
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Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who...
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The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of...