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The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in read more
The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in the field. The unicorn approaches her, and resting in her lap, is so taken.
The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look read more
The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.
The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it read more
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.
...the cosmology of a given age is not the result of unilinear, "scientific" development, but rather the most striking, imaginative read more
...the cosmology of a given age is not the result of unilinear, "scientific" development, but rather the most striking, imaginative symbol of its mentality- the projection of its conflicts, prejudice and specific ways of double-think onto the graceful sky.
In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is read more
In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is never to let them find out.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.
The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.
