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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. - Roland Barthes

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Name: Roland Barthes
Born: 12 November 1915. Died: 26 March 1980
Profession: Essayist | Philosopher | Critic | Semiotician |

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

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Roland Barthes quotes

Author's Biography:
Name: Roland Barthes
Born: 12 November 1915. Died: 26 March 1980
Profession: Essayist | Philosopher | Critic | Semiotician |

Related Authors
Marcel Proust | Antonin Artaud | Charles Baudelaire | Jean Genet | Don DeLillo | Frederick Buechner | Amartya Sen | Arthur Schopenhauer |

Bad things are always going to happen in life. People will hurt you. But you can't use that as an excuse to hurt someone back.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

No excuses! The almighty formula for success.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

I put facts on the table. Facts and figures.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

Humor is one of the great joys of life

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back

Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. - Colonel Sanders quotes

Times come when we have to squeeze ourselves a bit to do the precious things that we need in life.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

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Roland Barthes quotes

Author's Biography: Name: Roland Barthes Born: 12 November 1915. Died: 26 March 1980 Profession: Essayist | Philosopher | Critic | Semiotician |

Related Authors Marcel Proust | Antonin Artaud | Charles Baudelaire | Jean Genet | Don DeLillo | Frederick Buechner | Amartya Sen | Arthur Schopenhauer |

Bad things are always going to happen in life. People will hurt you. But you can't use that as an excuse to hurt someone back.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

No excuses! The almighty formula for success.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

I put facts on the table. Facts and figures.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

Humor is one of the great joys of life

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back

Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. - Colonel Sanders quotes

Times come when we have to squeeze ourselves a bit to do the precious things that we need in life.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

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Author's Biography:
Name: Roland Barthes
Born: 12 November 1915. Died: 26 March 1980
Profession: Essayist | Philosopher | Critic | Semiotician |

Related Authors
Marcel Proust | Antonin Artaud | Charles Baudelaire | Jean Genet | Don DeLillo | Frederick Buechner | Amartya Sen | Arthur Schopenhauer |