Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.
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You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.
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The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
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Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.
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What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
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Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.
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All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.
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The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
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Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
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