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“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.”
― Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci
― Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci
“Prisons are built to break men, and when men are broken society has consummated its revenge”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
“Break the character and independence of your man and you will have an obedient trooper.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
“My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.”
― Selected Writings
― Selected Writings
“We were the unflinching prisoners of a grandiose make-believe, we who looked upon ourselves as heard-headed materialists. We dismissed the distress of today, the human wreckage scattered all about us, the terror and militarism prevailing in the country with the stereotyped belief that we were marching forward with great strides.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
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