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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
A book must be an ice axe to break the sea frozen inside us.
Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.
Logic is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Now it's late. Late to come away. Late to tell you other lies. Late for questions and answers.
Get together with those who sing, tell stories, enjoy life and have joy in their eyes. Because joy is contagious, and always manages to impeed men from being paralized by depression, by solitude and by difficulties.
Unite to those who procede with their head held high, even if the eyes are full of tears.
A sense of duty is like some horrible disease. It destroys the tissues of the mind, as certain complaints destroy the tissues of the body. The catechism has a great deal to answer for.
The best way of knowing someone is seeing how they behave when they're completely free of choosing.
You need a lot of energy to invent a present when the future seems more of a menace than a hope.