Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.
My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
Every time I change the way I explain myself to myself, I have to rearrange the story of my life.
As a dream comes true, it falls flat.
The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.
Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.