There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a Dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And You are but a Thought — a vagrant Thought, a useless Thought, a homeless Thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities. The Mysterious Stranger
War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character. Omoo
Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. The Enchiridion
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. Lady Windermere's Fan
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