I am not sincere, not even when I say I am not.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the beasts: financial worries.

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I find that when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.

If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.

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In literature, there are only oxen. The biggest ones are the geniuses—the ones who toil eighteen hours a day without tiring.

It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and be filled with eagerness to live.

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It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be.

Laziness is nothing more than resting before you get tired.

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: “I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich."

Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.

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