This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich…

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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Humans are the only animal who can have sex over the phone.

Humans are the only animal who can have sex over the phone.

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

Whenever I want a really nice meal, I start dating again.

Whenever I want a really nice meal, I start dating again.

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression