A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of…

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Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...