A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know.

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Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It...

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It...

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of...

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of...

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic...

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic...

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying...

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying...

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out...

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out...

In the end, thats what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics...

In the end, thats what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

If youre sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If youre sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.

Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration...

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...