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I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.


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Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.



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Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.



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No two persons ever read the same book.



If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.



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There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.



In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.

In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.



In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.

In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.



I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.



The most immoral and disgraceful and dangerous thing that anybody can do in the arts is knowingly to feed back to the public its own ignorance and cheap tastes.

The most immoral and disgraceful and dangerous thing that anybody can do in the arts is knowingly to feed back to the public its own ignorance and cheap tastes.



Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.

Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.





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