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People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these d...more

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To destroy the life that dwells in othersis beyond your power. The life of those you have slainhas vanished from your eyes, but is not destroyed. Yout...more

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My field was God’s earth. Wherever I ploughed, there was my field. Land was free. It was a thing no man called his own. Labor was the only thing men c...more

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truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

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At the time we were all convinced that we had to speak, write,and publish as quickly as possible and as much as possible and that this was necessary f...more

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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt it in myself a supera...more

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Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important pe...more

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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.