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" The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer. "

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" Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without. "

" There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. "

" We are all special cases. "

" The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm. "

" Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself. "

" Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. "

" We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die. "

" I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up. "

" Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. "

" Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. "

" How hard, how bitter it is to become a man! "

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" To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent, and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence? "

" To know oneself, one should assert oneself. "