Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few…

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It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not...

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.