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“Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.”
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“I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.”
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“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.”
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“Arts like carpentering, which have an exact measure, are to be regarded as higher than music, which for the most part is mere guess-work.”
― Philebus
― Philebus
“Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery.If there’s the hundredth part of a false note in speaking the truth, it leads to a discord, and that leads to trouble.But if all, to the last note, is false in flattery, it is just as agreeable, and is heard not without satisfaction. It may be a coarse satisfaction, but still a satisfaction. And however coarse the flattery, at least half will be sure to seem true. That’s so for all stages of development and classes of society. -Svidrigailov (Crime and Punishment)”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
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