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“People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923
“I am not well; I could have built the Pyramids with the effort it takes me to cling on to life and reason.”
― Letters to Felice
― Letters to Felice
“Happiness was never important. The problem is that we don't know what we really want. What makes us happy is not to get what we want. But to dream about it. Happiness is for opportunists. So I think that the only life of deep satisfaction is a life of eternal struggle, especially struggle with oneself. If you want to remain happy, just remain stupid. Authentic masters are never happy; happiness is a category of slaves.”
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
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“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― The Metamorphosis
― The Metamorphosis
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