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If the woman shows scientific aptitude, then there is something wrong with her genital apparatus. Sterility predisposes to the famous sense of courage; the man, may I be forgiven, is "a barren animal."

If you have character, it means that you also have typical habits, which are always repeated.

If we have to re-educate a certain person, we take harsh revenge for the inconvenience he has caused us.

There is an innocent admiration; it is possessed by the one who has not yet thought that he too may someday be admired.

There is a hatred of falsehood and hypocrisy, which springs from the sensibility of honor; there is such hatred, which springs from cowardice, since lying is forbidden by the commandment of God. He's too much of a coward to lie...

A woman learns to hate to the extent that she is unaccustomed to charm.

Why is the woman considered profound? because you never end it.

And the bravest among us rarely has courage in the face of things he does not know...

From the military school of life: what doesn't kill me makes me stronger.

Are you one of those who look like a spectator? Or of those who participate? Who does not attract attention, goes in another direction? The third problem of consciousness.

Out of humanity, we sometimes embrace the first comer (because you don't have to embrace everyone): but that's exactly what you shouldn't divulge to the first comer…

The peacock hides its tail - and calls it pride.

Another, enjoying a praise, discovers only politeness of heart - the very opposite of spiritual vanity.

How little you need to be happy! The sound of bagpipes. - Without music, life would have been an error. The Germans even imagine God singing.

"How much your conscience used to have to gnaw at you. What good teeth she had! - But today? What is not enough?" asks the dentist.

How? A great man? I see only an actor of his own ideal.

How? Have you chosen virtue and great senses, but at the same time you look askance at the gains of unrighteous men? But those who choose virtue thereby refuse gains (at the front door of an antisemite).

How? Is man just a mistake of God? Or is God a human error?

Who has not at least ever had to sacrifice himself for his good reputation?

He who attains his ideal thereby surpasses it.

He who rejoices even at the stake, triumphs not in the face of pain, but in the fact that he does not feel pain where he expected it.

He who cannot impose his will on things, at least imposes their meaning; that is, he believes in the fact that there is already a will.

He who cannot find the way to the ideal is more reckless and shameless than the man without an ideal.

He who fights a monster must beware of becoming a monster himself. And if, you look into the darkness for a while, and the darkness looks at you.

A pedagogue to the core, he takes all things seriously, turning his attention to his students.

To him who feels predestined for meditation but not for faith, all believers are very noisy and boring - he defends himself from them.

Self-love is barbarism; because it is done to the detriment of other people. So is the love of God.

Love discovers the great and hidden qualities of the lover, all that is rare and exceptional in him: and this misleads him, because it is taken as a rule.

People are most severely punished for their virtues.

People rarely commit a single imprudence. In the case of the first imprudence, I do too much, and for this reason I also commit the second imprudence: I already do more - but this time, I do too little.