I Constantly Saw The False And The

It Would Be Better If There Were Nothing. Since There Is More Pain Than Pleasure On Earth, Every Satisfaction Is Only Transitory, Creating New Desires And New Distresses, And The Agony Of The Devoured Animal Is Always Far Greater Than The Pleasure Of The Devourer

Rudeness Is Better Than Any Argument; It Totally Eclipses Intellect.

That Human Life Must Be Some Kind Of Mistake Is Sufficiently Proved By The Simple Observation That Man Is A Compound Of Needs Which Are Hard To Satisfy; That Their Satisfaction Achieves Nothing But A Painless Condition In Which He Is Only Given Over To Boredom . . .

Our First Ideas Of Life Are Generally Taken From Fiction Rather Than Fact.

We Forfeit Three-quarters Of Ourselves In Order To Be Like Other People.