Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

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I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.