One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

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

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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.

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

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...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...