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The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.

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The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge t...more

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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth

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Why had it been left for a stranger to reveal him to himself?

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nothing that is worth knowing can be taught

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The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star b...more

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In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keep...more

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You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

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To realise one's nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for.

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Music had stirred him like that. Music had troubled him many times. But music was not articulate. It was not a new world, but rather an other chaos, t...more