The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
CHARLES BUKOWSKIWherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They’re always wrong.
More Charles Bukowski Quotes
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We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
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Sex is interesting, but it’s not totally important.
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We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.
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Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
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I don’t remember going to bed, but in the morning, there I was.
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You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
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There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock.
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The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable.
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What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.
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Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum.
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We must bring our own light to the darkness.
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She’s mad, but she’s magic. There’s no lie in her fire.
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There is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy.
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Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.
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Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.
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