Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Quote by Chamfort

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It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must...

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must...

A woman is like your shadow - follow her, she flies; fly from her, she...

A woman is like your shadow - follow her, she flies; fly from her, she...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test...

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test...

Passions make men live, knowledge merely makes them last

Passions make men live, knowledge merely makes them last

Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.

Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.

Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and...

Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and...

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas any more than...

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas any more than...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing...

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing...

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate

Chance is a nickname of Providence

Chance is a nickname of Providence

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

What I will be remembered for are the Foundation Trilogy and the Three Laws of...

What I will be remembered for are the Foundation Trilogy and the Three Laws of...

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

Beware the man of one book.

Beware the man of one book.