If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

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The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.

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Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.

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Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction.

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The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.

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Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death.

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I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.

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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

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It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity of - another Jew?

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Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.

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