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A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.  
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by c...   Patriotism
Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection wit...  
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably ne...  
Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own diss...  
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the ...  
I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degene...  
In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the...  
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when...  
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarian...  
Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the pri...  
Literature flourishes best when it is half trade and half an art.  
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when...  
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radic...  
Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful ...  
Originality is undetected plagiarism.  
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he h...  
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberate...  
The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.  
The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.  
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for ...  
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve ...  
There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.  
There are two kinds of fools: One says, "This is old therefore it is g...  
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition ...  
True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.  
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our...  
Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in ...  
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.