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" You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done. "
Jose Bergamin
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" The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's. "
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" When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything. "
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" An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is among Catholics. "
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" True solidarity is only possible among the solitary. "
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" The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward. "
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" A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice. "
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" There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad. "
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