...and above all, you should not think of writing as a way of earning your living. If you do, your work will smell of your poverty. It will be colored by your weakness and be as thin as your hunger. There are other trades which you can take up: make boots, not books. Marquis De Sade
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  1. Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?
  2. The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
  3. ‎"..θα πρέπει να αντιληφθείÏ‚, αγαπητή Τερέζα, ότι τα αντικείμενα δεν έχουν, κατά την άποψη μαÏ‚, άλλη αξία από εκείνη που τουÏ‚ δίνει η φαντασία μαÏ‚ .
  4. To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
  5. There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
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