To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved.

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Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Art is a revolt against fate.

Art is a revolt against fate.

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love....

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love....

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation...

Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation...