Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you read more

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the read more

The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does read more

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.

Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: read more

Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: "You must, if " and the "if" stands for man's choice

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.