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

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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

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.

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...

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.

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.