As to the kind of truth one finds in books, it is a truth that enables us sometimes to discern what things are not, without ever enabling us to discover what they are.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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