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" That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. "

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" Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. "

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" Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. "

" Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. "

" The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. "

" Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. "

" Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. "

" The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous. "

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" The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. "

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" Dream in a pragmatic way. "

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" Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something. "

" An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. "

" The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen. "

" The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. "

" That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. "

" You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear. "

" Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. "

" We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look. "

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" All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours. "

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" The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. "