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Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, read more
Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward -- or go back. He who read more
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward -- or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I read more
One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.
People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely read more
People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, read more
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
If a man has good manners and is not afraid of other people he will get by, even if he read more
If a man has good manners and is not afraid of other people he will get by, even if he is stupid.
Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition.
Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition.
