We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are looking at the stars
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn’t my debts I shouldn’t have anything to think about.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.
My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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