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Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
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Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
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Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.
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Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
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Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.
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Man is a useless passion.
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Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains.
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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
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Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.
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Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.
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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.
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