The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.


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Alas after a certain age, every man is responsible for his own face.
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Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same ...
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As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within ...
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We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, ...
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The most eloquent eulogy of capitalism was made by its greatest enemy. Marx is only anti-capitalist ...
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Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calcula...
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True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself, he...
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Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, ...
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In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.
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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
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Revolution, in order to be creative, cannot do without either a moral or metaphysical rule to balanc...
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Every revolutionary ends up by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.
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More and more, revolution has found itself delivered into the hands of its bureaucrats and doctrinai...
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Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.
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On certain mornings, as we turn a corner,
an exquisite dew falls on our heart
and then vanishe...
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A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
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That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means.
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True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; he...
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life ...
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To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others
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Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.
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Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
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Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you. So just forge...
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He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
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How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spa...
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What is a rebel? A man who says no
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Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
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When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.
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