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Love is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.

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Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
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Concert Imagination Politics
The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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Boredom Happiness Life
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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Clever Fear Foundation Religion Smart
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Art Escape Logic Science
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
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Action Freedom Man Pleasure Refusal
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.
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Desert Faith Fool Happiness Life
There is no such thing as “natural law”: this expression is nothing but old nonsense… Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.
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Cold Hungry Law Natural Need Strength Suffering
Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.
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Accomplishment Creature Extreme Greatness Possible
Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.
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Ignorance Love Man Move Talk Vanity
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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Alcohol Bottle Champagne Moral Physical Poison
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.
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Comparison Death Love Pay Standard Thinking True
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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Ability History Invention Qualification

Love is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.

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