# Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's best quotes

From the ironic aphorisms of The Words of a Dwarf to Kappa and A Fool's Life: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's famous lines.

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- Jan 28, 2022 · 鈴木 沙織
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## Top 13

1. **Life is like a box of matches. It is foolish to treat it seriously, and dangerous not to.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An aphorism by Akutagawa.
2. **Life is more hellish than hell itself.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An aphorism by Akutagawa.
3. **Freedom is like the air on a mountaintop. Neither can be borne by the weak.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An aphorism by Akutagawa.
4. **A fool always believes everyone but himself is a fool.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kappa.
5. **Life is not worth a single line of Baudelaire.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Fool's Life.
6. **I have no conscience. All I have are nerves.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An aphorism by Akutagawa.
7. **It is harder to defend oneself than to defend others. If you doubt it, look at lawyers.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An aphorism by Akutagawa.
8. **Of all God's attributes, the one I pity him most for is that he cannot commit suicide.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An aphorism by Akutagawa.
9. **Sleep is more pleasant than death. At least it is certainly easier.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An aphorism by Akutagawa.
10. **The damage morality does is the complete paralysis of conscience.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Words of a Dwarf, 'Morals'.
11. **Weapons in themselves are nothing to fear. What we fear is the skill of the warrior.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Words of a Dwarf, 'Weapons'.
12. **One side of genius is clearly the talent for causing scandal.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Words of a Dwarf, 'Scandal'.
13. **Public opinion is always a lynching, and a lynching is always entertainment.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Words of a Dwarf, 'Public opinion'.

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