In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

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Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to...

Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to...

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course...

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to...

Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to...

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed...

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed...

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time...

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time...

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed...

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed...

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.