Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood.

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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it,...

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it,...

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That...

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That...

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating...

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating...

I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook,...

I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook,...

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in...

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in...

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that...

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that...

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the...

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the...

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the...

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the...

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always...

If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always...

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive...

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as...

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as...

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with...

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with...

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the...

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the...

Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its...

Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its...