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Frederic Beigbeder — Aphorisms about Life

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Frederic Beigbeder — Aphorisms about Life
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“It’s not advertising that copies life, but life that copies advertising.”

“I've been running for so long that I don't remember why.”

“We don't want to live the life our parents intended for us. We wouldn't mind rebelling either, but we're too lazy to throw rocks.”

“Morality may be a boring thing, but so far the best way to distinguish good from evil.”

“There's something worse than living with you, and that's living without you.”

“I thought I was afraid of death, but in reality I was afraid of life.”

“Of course, lying in a hammock, you risk getting a ache in the lower back, but those who have not tried such a life are worthy only of pity.”

“All fairy tales end with the same phrase: “They lived happily and gave birth to many, many children.” Period, end. But no one will tell us what happened next, but it was like this: the handsome prince, having learned that the children were not his, begins to drink the dead drink, then abandons the princess and goes to his young mistress; The princess has been visiting a psychoanalyst for fifteen years in a row, her children indulge in drugs, the eldest commits suicide, and the youngest sells himself in the Trocadero gardens.”

“I will wait for you all my life on the condition that you hurry up and call me back.”

“Why is it so nice to fuck without a rubber band? Because you risk twice and in full: to give life and to be infected with death.”

“You can't change the world by sitting at home. Instead of cursing passing trains, I prefer to divert planes from their route.”

“Always say what you feel and do what you mean. Silence breaks destinies.”

Translated from Russian · source: wisdomlib.ru

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