A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.
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A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.
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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
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We are wont to condemn self-love but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.
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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
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The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.
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