A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

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What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity

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Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.

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The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.

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A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

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The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.

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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

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