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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible

It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.

I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes

Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.