Absurd
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Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it
Absurdity: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth
My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then
There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity
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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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