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It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree
Inspiration comes of working every day
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men
I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation
Evil happens without effort, naturally, inevitably; good is always the product of skill
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself
Always be a poet, even in prose
A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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