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Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. read more
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both.
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.
In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, read more
In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.
Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for read more
Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
