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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become
Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong
One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life
The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question
Some men are born committed to action: they do not have a choice, they have been thrown on a path, at the end of that path, an act awaits them, their act
Life has no meaning �a priori�... it is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose
Man is a useless passion
Existence precedes and rules essence
All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books
For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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