It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

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It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

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There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

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The point is that nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

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There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

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People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

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People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

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All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

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Before a war, military science seems a real science, like astronomy. After a war it seems more like astrology.

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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

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