"Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock."
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"The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead"
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"Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none"
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"if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more."
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"Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you."
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"There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow."
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"We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest."
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"Our dream dashes itself against the great mystery like a wasp against a window pane. Less merciful than man, God never opens the window."
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"Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred."
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"Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart."
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"Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it."
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"It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled with eagerness to live."
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"Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters."
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"A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea."
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"Words are the small change of thought."
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"Those moments when you feel you want to read something truly beautiful. The eyes make a tour of the library, and there is nothing. Then you decide to take no matter what, and it is full of beautiful things."
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"Style means the right word. The rest matters little."
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"Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted."
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"To think is not enough, you must think of something."
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"Art: to nudge truth along a little."
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