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...

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

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.

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...

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

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...

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...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

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...