Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...