Quote #44

I am arrogant enough to wish I were modest as he and modest enough to know that this is arrogance.

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  1. When one is infatuated, faults are endearing that in others would be heinous.
  2. 'Is he in heaven? Is he in hell?' 'There is no heaven. There is no hell.' 'There is no heaven? There is no hell?' 'That's all in your mind.'
  3. God does have this self-serving habit of putting all blame for His own mistakes on other people, doesn't He? He picks someone arbitrarily, …
  4. If character is destiny, the good are damned.
  5. He [God] owes me an apology too- at the very least. I'm not saying I shouldn't have been punished for those sins I committed. I'm saying th…
  6. The problem with the loneliness I suffer is that the company of others has never been a cure for it.
  7. The wise man dies no better or more wisely than the fool. In what way, then, is the wise man wise?
  8. Nothing fails like success.

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