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Man is extraordinarily clever...

Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it.

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I have no use for knowledge t...

I have no use for knowledge that has not been preceded by a sensation

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True kindness presupposes the...

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

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There is a law in life: When ...

There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.

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We no longer admit any other ...

We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.

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Oh, would that my mind could ...

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves!

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The loveliest creations of me...

The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it.

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If the flower were not attach...

If the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the bird; for the attribute of man on the earth, at least as long as he does not better understand his role, is to worry and frighten what he is not interested in taming for utilitarian purposes. Man is skillful in mistreating everything he can use

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I would like the events never...

I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and several times, from various angles) by those among the characters on whom they will have had any effect. I would like those events, in the account they will make of them, to appear slightly distorted; a kind of interest stems, for the reader, from the simple fact that he should need to restore. The story requires his collaboration in order to properly take shape.

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You have to let other people ...

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

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Often with good sentiments we...

Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.

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I believe that in every circu...

I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.

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They establish distinctions a...

They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural, and the pleasure I feel in an action, I take as a sign that I ought to do it.

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Please do not understand me t...

Please do not understand me too quickly.

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To be sure, theory is useful....

To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to save.

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Let every emotion be capable ...

Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.

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It is only through restraint ...

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

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The truth is, I hoped the cur...

The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.

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Nothing is more fatal to happ...

Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.

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Life never presents us with a...

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.

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