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I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

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Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

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There is no truth. There is only perception.

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Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

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The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

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Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

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What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Novelist

Born: December 12th, 1821

Died: May 8th, 1880

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