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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Gustave Flaubert

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Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
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Human Music Rhythm Speech Stars
There is no truth. There is only perception.
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One Liner Perception Truth
You don’t know what it is to stay a whole day with your head in your hands trying to squeeze your unfortunate brain so as to find a word.
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Brain Day Finding Hands Head Stay Word
For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat.
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Beyond Circumference Herself Universe
The future is the worst thing about the present.
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Future Present Worst
The principal thing in this world is to keep one’s soul aloft.
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Humble Principle Soul World
To be simple is no small matter.
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Minimalism One Liner Simplicity
A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.
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Laughter Man Strong Suffering
One’s duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.
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Acceptance Beautiful Feeling Greatness Society
I have dreamed much and have done very little.
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Desire Dreams Myself Potential
I don’t believe that happiness is possible, but I think tranquility is.
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Believe Happiness Myself Thinking Tranquility
One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!
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Blood Life Style Thinking Writing
The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.
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Level Life Sea Writing
Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.
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Anticipation Finding Memories Pleasure
Exuberance is better than taste.
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Better One Liner Taste
Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.
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Consequence Goal Success

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