Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

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Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the...

But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the...

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own.

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.