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Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

Cesare Pavese

I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
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Abandonment Captain Destiny Enough Hard Time Myself
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Occupation Patient Terrible
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Death Disturb Repose
We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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Care God Love People Religion
Don’t mix wine and women.
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One Liner Wine Woman
What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it.
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Beyond Lying Ocean Reach World
We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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Commitment Failure Wrong
The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
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Account Act Private Remark Revenge Yourself
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Beginning Job One Liner World
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
You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties.
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Costume Old Party Word Yourself
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search
For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.
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Contemporary Existence History Woman
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
The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else’s.
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Continue Ego Live Reason Thinking

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