It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.

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The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened...

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened...

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side,...

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side,...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

The relation of the individual person to the species he belongs to is the most...

The relation of the individual person to the species he belongs to is the most...

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum

The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

Liberty is always unfinished business

Liberty is always unfinished business

No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.

No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.

The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to...

The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to...

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find...

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find...

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...