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We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

The problem isn’t that people don’t understand how good things are. It’s that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren’t that good.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

As a writer, I’m more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

Science is nothing but perception.