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My soul’s a burden to me, I’ve had enough of it. I’m eager to be in that country, where the sun kills every question. I don’t belong here.

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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

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Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep

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I simply took refuge among women. As you know, they don't really condemn any weakness; they would be more inclined to try to humiliate or disarm our s...more

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The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

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Au milieu de l'hiver, j'ai découvert en moi un invincible été.

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No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.

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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

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You are only excused for happiness and success if you generously agree to share them. But if one is to be happy, one should not worry too much about o...more

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On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or...more

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An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the ...more

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I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless.

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I knew a man who gave twenty years of his life to a scatterbrained woman, sacrificing everything to her, his friendships, his work, the very respectab...more

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There is no fate which cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong to it.