That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.

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In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.