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"The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy"

Translations

“Sadness is a vice”

Gustave Flaubert

“Everything one invents is true you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry”

“The artist must manage to make posterity believe that he never existed”

“An author in his book must be like God in the universe.”

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“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with...”

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link”

“The expert in battle moves the enemy and is not moved by him.”

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time”

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”

“We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.”

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

“The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable”

“Fear is just another word for ignorance”

“No one can continually insult you or hurt your feelings without your permission.”