The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.
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The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing
An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.
All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.
What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering
For trust not him that hath once broken faith
Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each ones part until the manager walks them off the stage?
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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