Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

Dream in a pragmatic way.

Dream in a pragmatic way.

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their...

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their...

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and...

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and...

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively...

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively...

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one;...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one;...

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.