Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.

Quote by Francis Picabia

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Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised...

Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised...

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.

Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.

Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.

Only useless things are indispensable.

Only useless things are indispensable.

Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony...

Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony...

The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.

The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.

My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.

My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.

God invented concubinage, satan marriage.

God invented concubinage, satan marriage.

The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work...

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work...