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“Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them.”
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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
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“Nerve doctors who pathologize genius should have their heads bashed in with the collected works of genius. And those humanists who decry the vivisection of guinea pigs while while applauding the subjection of works of art to psychologizing deserve the same treatment.”
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“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.”
― Les Caractères
― Les Caractères
“For there is no doubt that the most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, but for whom to live is to be every moment what they already are, without imposing on themselves any effort towards perfection; mere buoys that float on the waves.”
― The Revolt of the Masses
― The Revolt of the Masses
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