A civil servant doesn't make jokes

Quote by Eugene Ionesco

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Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and...

Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and...

The unpleasant thing about society today is nowadays is that there is a confusion between...

The unpleasant thing about society today is nowadays is that there is a confusion between...

Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital...

Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind

You've always made the mistake of being yourself

You've always made the mistake of being yourself

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

Consider every mistake you do make as an asset.

Consider every mistake you do make as an asset.

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

We make mistakes the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our industry

We make mistakes the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our industry

No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause...

No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause...

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

Human life must be some form of mistake

Human life must be some form of mistake

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the...

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the...

There's nothing wrong in making mistakes, what's wrong is letting it stay as a mistake...

There's nothing wrong in making mistakes, what's wrong is letting it stay as a mistake...