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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every read more
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find read more
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.
Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you read more
Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will.
I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.
I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.
No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.
No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.
Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.
