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"Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way."
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"Nothing will be impossible for the one who reads."

"No one knows a man better than himself."

"A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect."

"Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets."

"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions."

"My quest and passionate curiosity are the basis for my love for scientific adventure."

"Never assume you know it all. Ask questions."

"A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect."

"The higher the voice the smaller the intellect."

"Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that."
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"The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it."

"Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness."

"People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others."

"From the pavement, I could see the window of Albertine's room, that window, formerly quite black, at night, when she was not staying in the house, which the electric light inside, dissected by the slats of the shutters, striped from top to bottom with parallel bars of gold."

"It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as there is a choice it can only be a bad one."

"Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees."

"Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and so effectively that they shine resplendent in the eyes of all beholders."

"We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes."
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