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There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.
There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.
Blaming "society" makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his read more
Blaming "society" makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.
Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.
Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.
Add a few drops of malice to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
Add a few drops of malice to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are read more
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.
The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and read more
The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.
Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what read more
Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.
Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
