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

Only fools have many friends. The greatest number of friends marks the highest degree on the stupidity dynamometer.

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When a man looks at himself too much, he ends up not knowing which is his face and which is his mask.

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A community is always deceived better than an individual.

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Seeking unanimity through violence is a futile endeavor.

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Reinforced concrete is an honest and useful muse, and perhaps in the hands of a brilliant architect it would be admirable; but when it gets out of control and feels bold, like a cook turned cabaret singer, it commits such horrors that it should be restrained and taken to jail.

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Let's leave the conclusions for the idiots.

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

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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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Psychoanalysis is the cubism of medicine.

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

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