The pleasure of reading a book is heightened by the knowledge that it is not a new book.
Pessimist philosophy
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"The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body."
Strange & Unusual"The general mistake is to suppose that we shall do something great in the future."
Strange & Unusual"The greatest pleasure of life is love."
Strange & Unusual"That the Negroes were enslaved more than other races, and on a large scale, is evidently a result of their being, in contrast to other races, less intelligent."
Controversial"The pleasure in life is in the last analysis merely negative. It is the cessation of pain."
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