Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

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Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

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The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

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Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

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Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.

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Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.

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When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about.

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Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.

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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.

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There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.

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