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The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas...
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There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as...
Quote #19874
As we acquire more knowldege, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
Quote #21056
A well written life is almost as rare as a well spent one.
Quote #11922
What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or...
Quote #14196
Any great work of art . . . revives and readapts time and space,...
Quote #18732
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important,...
Quote #1145
To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy....
Quote #13474
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Quote #27467
Knowing where to lead people is not the same as convincing them to follow...