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The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.
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To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.
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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
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After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.
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Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
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One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.
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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
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He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
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It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
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Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.
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Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
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How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
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