Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its…

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The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about...

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about...

The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth;...

The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth;...

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the...

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

In violence, we forget who we are

In violence, we forget who we are

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism

Children learn to smile from their parents.

Children learn to smile from their parents.

Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy...

Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy...

A greedy father has thieves for children

A greedy father has thieves for children

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through...

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through...

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

All television is children's television.

All television is children's television.

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks;...

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks;...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...