I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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