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It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.
It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.
Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.
Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.
It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; read more
It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the read more
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time read more
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The read more
A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.
