War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.