The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.

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Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people...

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people...

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

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

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...

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...

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.

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

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.

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

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...

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

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

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

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

Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not...

Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not...

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God,...

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God,...