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- Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even…
- A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he…
- There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their…
- When . . . in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?
- The enemies of living life; outdated little liberals, afraid of their own independence; lackeys of thought, enemies of the person and freedom, decrepit preachers of…
- It's a burden to us even to be human beings-men with our own real body and blood; we are ashamed of it, we think it…
- One's own free and unfettered volition, one's own caprice, however wild, one's own fancy, inflamed sometimes to the point of madness - that is the…
- Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot…
- To go wrong in one's own way is better then to go right in someone else's.
- Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.
- I must add... my gratitude to you for the attention with which you have listened to me, for, from my numerous observations, our Liberals are…
- Yet, I didn't understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and…
- Every ant knows the formula of its ant-hill, every bee knows the formula of its beehive. They know it in their own way, not in…
- There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and yet to have…
- I have in my own life merely carried to the extreme that which you have never ventured to carry even halfway ; and what's more,…
- This pleasure comes precisely from the sharpest awareness of your own degradation; from the knowledge that you have gone to the utmost limit; that it…
- I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
- It sometimes happened that you might be familiar with a man for several years thinking he was a wild animal, and you would regard him…
- The genuine realist, if he is an unbeliever, will always find strength and ability to disbelieve in the miraculous, and if he is confronted with…
- Above all, avoid lies, all lies, especially the lie to yourself. Keep watch on your own lie and examine it every hour, every minute. And…
- Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins.…
- Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though…
- originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.
- Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has…
- I do not wish you much happiness--it would bore you; I do not wish you trouble either; but, following the people's philosophy, I will simply…
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