There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.