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"I did that," says my memory. "I could not have done that," says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually - the memory yields. | |||
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He sits on the bed and flips through what's left of his copy of "Uncle Freddie's Guide for the Ground Level Operative"
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To talk much about oneself may also be a means of hiding oneself.
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One does not hate as long as one disdains.
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With regard to what truthfulness is, maybe no one has ever been sufficiently truthful.
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There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause.
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The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may not be returned.
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"I am affected, not because you have deceived me, but because I can no longer believe in you"
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Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.
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The thought of suicide is a great consolation. By means of it one gets successfully through many a dark night.
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One no longer loves one's intelligence sufficiently after one has communicated it.
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"I did that," says my memory. "I could not have done that," says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually - the memory yields.