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Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
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I've destroyed my passions, rather like a violent man who, finding he can't control his horse, kills it.
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Most social institutions seem to be designed to keep man in a state of intellectual and emotional mediocrity that makes him more fit to govern or be governed.
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Anyone who relies too heavily on reason to achieve happiness, who analyses it, who, so to speak, quibbles over his enjoyment and can accept only refined pleasures, ends up not having any at all. He's like a man who wants to get rid of all the lumps in his mattress and eventually ends up sleeping on bare boards.
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The wealthiest man is he who is most economical; the poorest is he who is most miserly.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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Born:
April 6, 1741
Died:
April 13, 1794
(aged 53)
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