Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

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I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.

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Never laugh at live dragons.

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There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.

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If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history.

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When a man in a forest thinks he is going forward in a straight line, in reality he is going in a circle, I did my best to go in a circle, hoping to go in a straight line.

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The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.

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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

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Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.

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