In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

Writers speak stench.

Writers speak stench.

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming,...

The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming,...