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Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.


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Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.



Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.



I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the dull way which leads to becoming nothing.

I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the dull way which leads to becoming nothing.



Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!



Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.



. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.



[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult.

[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult.



I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.



God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.



Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.

Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.





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