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"There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other."
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"I am I plus my circumstances."
Circumstance


"Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else."
Love


"The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities."
Challenge


"Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do."
Living


"The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have."
Love


"Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions."
Time


"Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly."
Inspirational


"We cannot put off living until we are ready."
Living


"Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are."
Attention


"An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself."
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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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"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."
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"Being is more important than doing."
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"You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself."
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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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Personal Development

"Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit."
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"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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Personal Development

"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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"There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved."
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"The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything."
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