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All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.

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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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Beginning Heart Night Suffering
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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Creation Dreams End Intelligence Present
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
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Ambition Origin Sense Sin
Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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Human Imagination Poor Reality
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Occupation Patient Terrible
It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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Exception Life Live Point Yourself
It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny.
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Action Destiny Fate Himself Reaction
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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Enemy Generosity Man Revenge Yourself
From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Acceptance Destiny Share Yourself
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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Friendship Grief Herself Loss Stupidity Yourself
Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
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Money Oneself
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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Fear Jealous Light Selfish Travel Yourself
We want Realism’s wealth of experience and Symbolism’s depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.
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Balance Deep Feeling Opposite Problem Reality Wealth
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
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Rest Right Work
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich

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