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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.
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There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
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The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.
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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
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Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.
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Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
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There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
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To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.
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Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
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To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.
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The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
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