There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that it has not sometimes needed to be saved from itself.

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All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means...

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means...

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared...

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared...

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians,...

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians,...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.