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What men call adventures usually consist of the stoical endurance of appalling daily misery.
The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.
Digestion is one of the most delicately balanced of all human and perhaps angelic functions.
women have no existence except in love; the history of their life begins and ends with love!
In our dreams we are able to fly . . . and that is a remembering of how we were meant to be.
Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.
You missed World Hist." "Did you get notes for me?" "No. I thought you were dead in a ditch.
There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.
In his head, his mother said, 'People shout when they don’t have the vocabulary to whisper'.
We all, one day, realize that we’re not going to be kids forever and we’re going to grow up.
I was losing sight of the wolf ahead of me; the one inside me seemed closer all of a sudden.
Neatness makes me feel like I have to be on my best behavior. Clutter is my natural habitat.
You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
When we confront facts and fears, we achieve real power and unleash our capacity for change.
When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.
Love occupies a vast space in a woman's thoughts, but fills a small portion in a man's life.
The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong.
In general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters.
Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor.
You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up.
It would then be brought abruptly to an end, for the brightness had shown suffering the way.
All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.
I love dessert. I can't be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.
The cocktail party is probably America's greatest contribution to the world of entertaining.
Really try to find a job where it's fun to get up and get out the door, no matter what time.
However great one's gift of language may be, there is always something that one cannot tell.
I consider calmly the question of how much evil I should need to kill off my finer feelings.
Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state.
No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
Integrity in all things precedes all else. The open demonstration of integrity is essential.
You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
While eating a delicious food, remember the peasants and the workers who made this possible!
High intelligence is to think the unthinkable; genius is to realize the very unexpected one.
Man must behave like a lighthouse; he must shine day and night for the goodness of everyman.
If you have a complex life, make it simple; if you have a simple life, continue it that way!
No day is an ordinary day; all days are extraordinary, because life itself is extraordinary!
The earth exists not for us but for itself; the Sun shines not for us, but for its own life!
The war against the war is the only war that shall give you a great honour and a real peace!
Your only real problem is mortality! No religion can solve this problem, but science can do!
A stomach without bread and a purse without gold have led to so many revolutions in history.
God may be the captain pilot of the universe, but it appears that the Devil is his co-pilot!
If a street has a spirit, no matter how narrow it is, we can breathe comfortably over there.
If something looks difficult, it is more fantastic to do it! Stay away from the easy things!
If there was a bridge between the Sun and the Earth, that would be a wonderful road to hell!
If you want to know how fast the time is, here is the answer: Tomorrow is already a history!
In all countries, most of the time, official spokesman and official liar are the same thing!