For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a…

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If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.