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 The consistent thinker ... is either a walking mummy or else, if he has not succeeded in stifling all his vitality, a fanatical monomaniac.  Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men. The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence. Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes. Enjoy yourself, drink, call the life you live today your own-but only that; the rest belongs to chance. I forgot they were talking about me. They sound so wonderfully convincing. What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world than to regard half an hour as trifle. Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. The little things are infinitely the most important. Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth. You can always get someone to love you - even if you have to do it yourself. Society can only pursue its normal course by means of a certain progression of changes. Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Men whose trade is rat-catching, love to catch rats; the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight; and the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice. Flying from the U.S. to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school. Yes, we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom, We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain, Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom. Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years. 
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