Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

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To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in...

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in...

Happiness is always a coincidence.

Happiness is always a coincidence.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make...

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make...

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing...

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing...

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes...

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes...

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only...

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only...

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is...

An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is...

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of...

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of...

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to...

Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to...

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk...

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk...