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Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.
Self-reform is the only kind that works.
Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
Never try to leap from a standstill.
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
Malice is always authentic and sincere.
Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.
Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.
Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.
The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.
When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.
A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.
In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.
Folly always knows the answer.
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.
Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.
When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.
Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs.
Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.
Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
The only peace is being out of earshot.
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.
Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.
Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime.
Even cats grow lonely and anxious.
Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred.
I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
Minds will wander even during the Last Judgment.
Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.
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