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I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to ...more

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If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what ...more

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We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

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A flower blossoms for its own joy.

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Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.

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Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.

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In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.

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The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always b...more

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The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.

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People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one's self. Of course, they are ch...more