True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.

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

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

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

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

Theology is the logic of the Devil.

Theology is the logic of the Devil.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the...

The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the...

If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear...

If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear...

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 those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who...

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who...

Happiness is always a coincidence.

Happiness is always a coincidence.

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.

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite...

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite...

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

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

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