Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in beliefs, ideas and possessions. The sterile radical, too, is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
The classes and the masses.
The classes and the masses.
The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.
The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.
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He who does not bellow out the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
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The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.
The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.
