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Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action read more
Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step read more
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.
The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.
The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.
The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one
walking in the night.
The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one
walking in the night.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.