Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....