"Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor who just wanted to see what it was like in there."

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“I am not for women but against men.”

“Psychology is as useless as directions for using poison.”

“The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free from love.”

“I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.”

“A woman is, occasionally, quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. It takes an abundance of imagination, to be sure.”

“A "seducer" who boasts of initiating women into the mystery of love is like a stranger who arrives at a railroad station and offers to show the sights to a tourist guide.”

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