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It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire.

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In order to cultivate yourself and to drop no lower than the level of the milieu in which you have landed, it is not enough to read Pickwick and memorize a monologue from Faust. You need to work continually day and night, to read ceaselessly, to study, to exercise your will. Each hour is precious.

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

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You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

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As I could not and did not aspire to venture beyond my little plot of cultivated land, all I had left was the possibility of digging down, underneath, towards the roots. My own but also the world's, if I can be allowed such an immoderate ambition.

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As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.

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It's the whole Nietzche philosophy of you are your own God. That's why I debase myself in the concerts and tell people to spit on me. I'm saying to them "You are no different from me".

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Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

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Nightclub. I like the genuine Russian ones in Paris where one can cry over Little Cornflower with sobbing violins for company. Fashionable nightclubs do not attract me.

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I recommend all adventurous youths who abandon vessels in romantic islands during the rainy season to provide themselves with umbrellas.