It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. - Joseph de Maistre - Quotesmemo.com

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I wish I could be hard and cynical. That I could take things slowly, not give too much of myself, because I'd be so frightened of getting hurt that there wouldn't be any other way. But no. every time I meet someone I dive in headfirst, showering them with love and attention, and hoping that this time they're going to be different.

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Joseph de Maistre

It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

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Every country has the government it deserves.

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To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.

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In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.

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Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.

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Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing.

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