A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
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A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Love is desire for knowledge.
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What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence.
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Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.
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We never remember days, only moments.
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From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own.
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There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
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We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
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The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.
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