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The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.


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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.



There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.



Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.



There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.



I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.



There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.



You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.



I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.



Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.



The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.





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Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies.

Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies.



My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.

My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.



The prisoner of doubt ends his stint [through suicide], released to the custody of that final question mark which punctuates every life sentence.

The prisoner of doubt ends his stint [through suicide], released to the custody of that final question mark which punctuates every life sentence.



Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.

Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.



Judgment is guilt wearing a moral mask to disguise its pain.

Judgment is guilt wearing a moral mask to disguise its pain.



Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.



I know too well how you can go from feeling like your sister knows you better than anyone else in the world, to feeling jealous of her, to wanting to strangle her ha-ha.

I know too well how you can go from feeling like your sister knows you better than anyone else in the world, to feeling jealous of her, to wanting to strangle her ha-ha.



Frustration is one of the great things in art. Satisfaction is nothing.

Frustration is one of the great things in art. Satisfaction is nothing.



We will destroy laughing, we will set fires laughing, we will kill laughing... and society will fall!!

We will destroy laughing, we will set fires laughing, we will kill laughing... and society will fall!!




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