There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish...

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him...

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him...

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for...

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for...

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the...

Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the...

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation...

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation...

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

The role of the intelligence -that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates...

The role of the intelligence -that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates...

The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the...

The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.