Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. |
Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness |
Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling. |
God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved. |
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. |
He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands upon others |
How do you know when the fruit is ripe? - Simple: When it leaves the branch |
Hugo - alas! |
I call ‘journalism’ everything that was more interesting yesterday than today. |
I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves |
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. |
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn't hesitate to do so |
In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime. |
In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future |
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. |