in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased.
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The bourgeoisie loves so-called "positive" types and novels with happy endings since they lull one into thinking that it is fine to simultaneously acquire capital and maintain one's innocence, to be a beast and still be happy.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it wants to.
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If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache. If your wife betrays you, be glad that she betrayed only you and not the nation.
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In countries where there is a mild climate, less effort is expended on the struggle with nature and man is kinder and more gentle.
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The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
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He who constantly swims in the ocean loves dry land.
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