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"The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well."
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"Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth."
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"The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well."
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"Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy."
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"There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight."
Time

"Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf."
Success

"Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim."
War

"Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves."
Family

"The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation."
Creativity

"One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it."
Life

"He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it."
Death

"Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently."
People

"The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness."
Fear

"Most religions do not make men better, only warier."
Man
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