“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.”
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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
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The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
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