The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.

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But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to...

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to...

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on...

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on...

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious...

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious...

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens...

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six...

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six...

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty

A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.