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Pío Baroja

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As misfortune prompts more reflection, happiness removes all desire for analysis; that's why it's doubly desirable.

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Pío Baroja

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Man: a millimeter above the monkey when not a centimeter below the pig.

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Pío Baroja

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The truth cannot be exaggerated. In the truth, there can be no nuances. In the half-truth or in the lie, many.

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Pío Baroja

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Bureaucracy in Latin countries seems to have been established to harass the public.

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Pío Baroja

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It seemed so beautiful to me that I couldn't remember how it looked afterwards.

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Pío Baroja

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Even though we have evidence that we are to live constantly in darkness and gloom, without purpose and without end, we must have hope.

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Pío Baroja

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History is always a fantasy without scientific basis, and when an impregnable structure is attempted to be built and a consequence placed upon it, there is a danger that a fact may change and the entire historical framework collapses.

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When one gets old, they prefer rereading to reading.

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It is the innocent and not the wise who solve difficult issues.

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Literature cannot reflect all the darkness of life. The main reason is that literature chooses, and life does not.