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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life,...
Quote #2296
Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Quote #13440
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
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The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and...
Quote #15553
Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual...
Quote #30607
Hope provides comfort, and hope does not always require probability.
Quote #10144
I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious idea of heaven...
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The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that...
Quote #14508
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Quote #18501
Even though it’s hard, it’s easy.