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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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I will be Chateaubriand or nothing.

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Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

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Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

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The owl goes not into the nest of the lark.

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Love is the only future God offers.

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From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

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Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions

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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

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In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.

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Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.

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The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.

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What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing!

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Man does not understand nor accept immortality except on condition of self-remembrance.

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The wind of revolutions is not tractable.

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Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.

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To love or have loved is all-sufficing. We must not ask for more. No other pearl is to be found in the shadowfolds of life. To love is an accomplishment.

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You would have imagined her at one moment a maniac, at another a queen.

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I'd like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don't know. It doesn't last, and it's good for nothing. You break your neck simply living.

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If she gives me all her time it is because I have all her heart.

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