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“Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them.”
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“The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.”
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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
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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
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― Prejudices First Series
― Prejudices First Series
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