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Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Age: 67 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 27
Died: 1961
Died: July 1
Military Personnel
Novelist
Obstetrician
Physician Writer
Playwright
Writer
Olean
New York
Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches
Louis Ferdinand Destouches
Lui-Ferdinand Selin
L.-F. Selin
L.-F. Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
L.-F. Celine
Louis Ferdinand Céline
Much
Life
Transparency
Counts
Clearly
Worth
Written
Work
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Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.
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All that makes a lunatic are the very ordinary ideas of mankind shut up inside a man's head.
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We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.
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My trouble is insomnia. If I had always slept properly, I'd never have written a line.
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The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time.
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