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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.