Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the...

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Chance is irrelevant. We will succeed.

Chance is irrelevant. We will succeed.

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it

Luck is a mighty queer thing. All you know about it for certain is that...

Luck is a mighty queer thing. All you know about it for certain is that...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...