Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever...

Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.