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Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

Gustave Flaubert

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For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat.
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Beyond Circumference Herself Universe
What an awful thing life is, isn’t it? It’s like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless.
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Eat Life Surface Yourself
The future is the worst thing about the present.
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Future Present Worst
All you have to do to make something interesting is to look at it long enough.
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Enough Interesting Yourself
It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.
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Communication Difficult Finding Hard Perfect Relationship
What a heavy oar the pen is, and what a strong current ideas are to row in!
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Current heavy Ideas Strong
Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.
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Interest See Sight Yourself
A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.
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Laughter Man Strong Suffering
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
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Happiness Lost Selfish Stupidity
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
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Believe End Inspirational Motivational Oneself Sky Wings
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
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Life Order Original Regular Violence Work
You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything.
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Corruption Heart Love Need Yourself
The public wants work which flatters its illusions.
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Illusion One Liner Public Work
Life is so horrible that one can only bear it by avoiding it. And that can be done by living in the world of art.
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Art Avoid Horrible Life Live World
Read in order to live.
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Live One Liner Order Reading
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.
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Confirm Ideal Reality

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