A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

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Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of...

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of...