The years pass more quickly as we become older |
There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity |
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome /to be got over. |
There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life |
There is something in us wiser than our head |
They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. |
Time is that in which all things pass away. |
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. |
To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake |
To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake |
To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them. |
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. |
To live alone is the fate of all great souls. |
To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. |
To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence. |