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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
It is only when a man is alone that he is really free.
Apart from man, no being wonders at its own experience.
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
It is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do
The present is the only reality and the only certainty.
universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big.
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
Want and boredom are indeed the twin poles of human life.
Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.
Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish
We can do what we wish, but we can only wish what we must.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.
I have described religion as the metaphysics of the people.
Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be.
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.
Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.
Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.
History is the long, difficult and confused dream of Mankind.
A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.
Writers may be classified as meteors, planets, and fixed stars.
...nothing at all rides on the life or death of the individual.
Honour is external conscience, and conscience is inward honour.
The progress of life shows a man the stuff of which he is made.
That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately
Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.
Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience.
I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
The world is not a factory and animals are not products for our use
The eternal being..., as it lives in us, also lives in every animal.
Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.