Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

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He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming...

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of...

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of...

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out...

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life...

Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...