“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable”
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“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable”
“To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God”
“The university brings out all abilities, including incapability”
“The more refined one is, the more unhappy”
“To advise is not to compel”
“There is nothing new in art except talent”
“A book ought to be the ax to break the frozen sea within us”
“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds”
“People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about”
“Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism”
“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.”
“Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.”
“At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people”
“The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected”
“Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too”
“Conciseness is the sister of talent”
“An artist's flair is sometimes worth a scientist's brains”
“If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter”
“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass”
“When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'you have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair'”