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A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants
We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves
To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake
There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity
The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind
The first rule, indeed by itself virtually a sufficient condition for good style, is to have something to say
The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think
Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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