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“I’ve never practiced a profession and have lived like a sort of student. I consider this my greatest success, my life hasn’t been a failure because I succeeded in doing nothing.”
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“If the waves were to start thinking, they would believe that they are moving forward, that they have a purpose, that they are working for the good of the sea, and they wouldn’t fail to work out a philosophy as inane as their zeal.”
― Ébauches de vertige
― Ébauches de vertige
“[M]an cannot be wicked without being evil, nor evil without being degraded, nor degraded without being punished, nor punished without being guilty. In short … there is nothing so intrinsically plausible as the theory of original sin.”
― The Executioner
― The Executioner
“Life is an unpleasant business. I have resolved to spend it reflecting on it.”
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“To hear these defenders of democracy talk, one would think that the people deliberate like a committee of wise men, whereas in truth judicial murders, foolhardy undertakings, wild choices, and above all foolish and disastrous wars are eminently the prerogatives of this form of government."
Study on Sovereignty.”
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Study on Sovereignty.”
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Patrick’s 2025 Year in Books
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