Man suffers a lot because of his intelligence just as the crocodile does because of its precious skin.

aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Being forgotten, I have started to doubt myself the way a flower doubts its own beauty when not picked.

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He has been trying to explain the whole Universe in a poem which should cover him with money and glory.

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Children should be close to their mothers. It is not by chance that men's mammary glands have atrophied.

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After thousands of years of evolution, the cudgel has taken the shape of a one

aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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I used to have a sickly friend who would move heaven and earth to get old sooner for fear of dying young.

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I have been asked where I gather these thoughts from. I must admit: from my own head, a private property.

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I can not help thinking of those who had discovered America before Columbus did and drowned on their way back.

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We find true friends in dogs. They love us without expressing opinions and without borrowing anything from us.

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Oh, all these heavy stones that protect flowers in winter time, only to prevent them from sprouting in spring.

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