A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
Only the fools are certain and assured.
Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men, vain authorities who can resolve nothing.
The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
A man must always study, but he must not always go to school: what a contemptible thing is an old abecedarian!
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
The only thing certain is nothing is certain.
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
Every man has within himself the entire human condition
When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.
All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Sometimes it is a good choice not to choose at all.
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