Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Votes: 13
Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes. Votes: 11
Each day is a little life. Votes: 0
We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness. Votes: 0
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. Votes: 0
Compassion is the basis of morality. Votes: 0
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting. Votes: 0
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it. Votes: 0
Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle. Votes: 0
No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject. Votes: 0
Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Votes: 0
Truth is most beautiful undraped. Votes: 0
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it. Votes: 0
Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world. Votes: 0
Life without pain has no meaning. Votes: 0
Genuine contempt, on the other hand, is the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another. Votes: 0
In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties. Votes: 0
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. Votes: 0
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. Votes: 0
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too. Votes: 0
Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so. Votes: 0
In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it. Votes: 0
A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself. Votes: 0
Life is a constant process of dying. Votes: 0
If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart. Votes: 0
...in the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is who it is that stands alone. Votes: 0
First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along. Votes: 0
Unrest is the mark of existence. Votes: 0
Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens. Votes: 0
Gaiety alone, as it were, is the hard cash of happiness; everything else is just a promissory note. Votes: 0
The world is my representation Votes: 0
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. Votes: 0
A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life. Votes: 0
Where there is no love, a person's faithfulness to the marriage bond is probably against nature. Votes: 0
My body and my will are one. Votes: 0
Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of. Votes: 0
Everybody's friend is nobody's. Votes: 0
Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted. Votes: 0
Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine. Votes: 0
On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head. Votes: 0
Scoundrels are always sociable. Votes: 0