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A man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
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A man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
When the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.
People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them.
Certainly a chair can be just as interesting as a human being. But first the chair must be perceived by a human being. You should not paint the chair, but only what someone has felt about it.
Houses are full of things that gather dust.
At the end of reasons comes persuasion.
A sort of egotistical self-evaluation is unavoidable in those joys in which erudition and art mingle and in which aesthetic pleasure may become more acute, but not remain as pure.
Each day is a little bit of history.
When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation.
There was no substitute for reality; one should be aware of imitations.