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"Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood."
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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."
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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."
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"I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about."
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"If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?"
Formula
"We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot."
Vice
"The verdict of the world is conclusive."
World
"This world's a bubble."
World
"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires."
Accomplishment
"Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood."
Being
"In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty."
Duty
"Custom is second nature."
Nature
"God is best known in not knowing him."
God
"Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt."
Guilt
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