I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

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The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction;...

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction;...

The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked...

The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and...

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and...

The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by...

The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by...

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about...

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about...

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

Knowledge is the only fountain both of the love and the principles of human liberty

Knowledge is the only fountain both of the love and the principles of human liberty

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

I look back five years ago, when I thought I was adult and knew everything...

I look back five years ago, when I thought I was adult and knew everything...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

The bad workman blames his tools

The bad workman blames his tools

The only source of knowledge is experience

The only source of knowledge is experience

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought