Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat...

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the...

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...