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"It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date."
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"The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me."
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"Youth is wasted on the young."
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"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth."
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"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
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"There is only one universal passion: fear."
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"In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it."
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"The art of government is the organization of idolatry."
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"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
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"He who has never hoped can never despair."
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