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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
Sadness is a state of sin.
The color of truth is gray.
Long only for what you have.
Not everyone can be an orphan.
Do not scorn little victories.
True eloquence forgoes eloquence.
A work of art is an exaggeration.
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
Solitude is bearable only with God.
Only fools don't contradict themselves
The wise man is astonished by anything.
Please do not understand me too quickly.
Prejudices are the props of civilization.
Whither should we aim if not towards God?
Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.
Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
Understanding is the beginning of approving.
I do not love men: I love what devours them.
Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
The world will be saved by one or two people.
'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
Nothing excellent can be done without leisure.
The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.
It is now, and in this world, that we must live.
Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.
The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
Often the best in us springs from the worst in us.
One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.
Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered.
There is no work of art that is without short cuts.
Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else.
The nationalist has a broad hatred and a narrow love.
Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned
Faith can move mountains; true: mountains of stupidity.
Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
If life were organized, there would be no need for art.
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
There are admirable potentialities in every human being.
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
Understand that the only possession of any value is life.
God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
When I cease to be indignant I will have begun my old age.
Don't think that your truth could be found by someone else.
