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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.
[ Goodness ]
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He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.
[ Death and Dying ]
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It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
[ Ideas ]
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One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.
[ Life, Lust For ]
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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
[ Praise ]
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Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.
[ Pessimism ]
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Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
[ Lies and Lying ]
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There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.
[ Humankind ]
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When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about.
[ Autobiography ]
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Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
[ God ]
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