Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

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Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

Love is like an hourglass with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...