A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.

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Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.

Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.

God invented concubinage, satan marriage.

God invented concubinage, satan marriage.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.

Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised...

Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised...

The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.

Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony...

Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony...

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the...

Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the...

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.

The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.

Only useless things are indispensable.

Only useless things are indispensable.

My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.

My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.

Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.

Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.