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Victor Hugo

“I'm religiously opposed to religion.” Victor Hugo

Friedrich Nietzsche

“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Oscar Wilde

“Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to poverty, but in my case the marriage is not a success.” Oscar Wilde

Anais Nin

“... and then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin

Octave Mirbeau

“Sometimes twenty males are required for the delight of a single female.” Octave Mirbeau

George Orwell

“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” George Orwell

Jules Renard

“Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.” Jules Renard

Friedrich Nietzsche

“The doer alone learneth.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

“What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?” Friedrich Nietzsche

Italian Proverb

“To be loved, you must be lovable.” Italian Proverb

Oliver Wendell Holmes

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

Friedrich Nietzsche

“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books--what other men do not say in whole books.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Anonymous

“Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.” Anonymous

Aristotle

“The secret to humor is surprise.” Aristotle

Euripides

“What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers love when it turns to hate.” Euripides

Friedrich Nietzsche

“The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Alfred Adler

“The goal of the human soul is conquest, perfection, security, superiority.” Alfred Adler

Win Borden

“If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.” Win Borden

Howard Stern

“Writing a book just might be the hardest thing I've ever done, besides trying to get laid in college.” Howard Stern

William Blake

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” William Blake

Sunzi

“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.” Sunzi

Sophocles

“How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.” Sophocles