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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
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“If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.”
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“Salvador Dalí seduced many ladies, particularly American ladies, but these seductions usually consisted of stripping them naked in his apartment, frying a couple of eggs, putting them on the woman's shoulders and, without a word, showing them the door.”
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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