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The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

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There is something indecent in words .
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Decent Word
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
There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
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Alive Happiness Misery
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality
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
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
Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.
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Happiness Love Poetry Remember Share Writing
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
One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
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Kill Love Naked Nothing Vulnerable Woman
When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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Author Dreams End Yourself
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
From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Acceptance Destiny Share Yourself
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Death Disturb Repose
Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
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Money Oneself
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Complete Man Success Transcendence Work
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich

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