That ephemeral sheet,... the newspaper, is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.
Edmond De Goncourt
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Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men, to do good to them or simply give them something to do, is unhappy, disconsolate, and accursed.
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A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.
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