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Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.


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The universal view melts things into a blur.

The universal view melts things into a blur.



There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us by the patent nonexistence of both.

There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us by the patent nonexistence of both.



Do I look like someone who has something to do here on earth?' —That's what I'd like to answer the busybodies who inquire into my activities.

Do I look like someone who has something to do here on earth?' —That's what I'd like to answer the busybodies who inquire into my activities.



You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life.

You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life.



Our first intuitions are the true ones.

Our first intuitions are the true ones.



The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.



Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself.

Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself.



The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.

The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.



The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.

The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.



Only optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?

Only optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?





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For all Wichtig spoke of trust, he trusted no one. For all he spoke of wisdom, he learned nothing. Every word he uttered was done so with an eye toward manipulation.

For all Wichtig spoke of trust, he trusted no one. For all he spoke of wisdom, he learned nothing. Every word he uttered was done so with an eye toward manipulation.



At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it.

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A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.



There is no such thing as having attained enough. Life is an endless possibility.

There is no such thing as having attained enough. Life is an endless possibility.



I had a big family - two older sisters and a younger brother. My family was like moving around a lot so I lived in a lot of small towns. My father was very restless.

I had a big family - two older sisters and a younger brother. My family was like moving around a lot so I lived in a lot of small towns. My father was very restless.



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Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali.



Angels will frequently - even when they're comforting us with good news - touch the awe of God's eternal presence and drive us to our knees before our God of glory.

Angels will frequently - even when they're comforting us with good news - touch the awe of God's eternal presence and drive us to our knees before our God of glory.



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