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But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.

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But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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Hide Life Lose People Trick Worst
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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Avoid Freedom Live Ourselves
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying Recognition
Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.
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Action Disappear Fall Quiet Submission Suicide
There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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Bored Exception Life Mercy
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Goodness Reason Suicide
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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Clear Conscience Spirit Suffering Thinking World
The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
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Brutal Man Slow Time Willing
We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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Feeling Heart Ourselves Word
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Complete Man Success Transcendence Work
In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
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Insecurity Man Ready Sacrifice Sick Yourself
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Beginning Job One Liner World
Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time.
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Memories Remember Reveal Time

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