"One may not regard the world as a……" — Arthur Koestler

"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions."

— Arthur Koestler

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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler has 110 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…

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More Brothel Quotes

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The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the… — Wystan Hugh Auden
That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river… — Gustave Flaubert
The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion… — William Faulkner
I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one. — Stephen Rea
On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and again he solaces himself by… — Malcolm Muggeridge
If you can't get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter. — Max Hastings
One may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or… — Michael Ende
In Hollywood a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel. — Ben Hecht
I think he's Will 's partying a lot in Cabo. I think he's running a brothel. I don't know what… — Bradley Cooper
I watched Arsenal in the Champions League the other week playing some of the best football I've ever seen and… — Ian Holloway
The world doesn't want to be punished. It wants to remain in darkness. It doesn't want to be told that… — Martin Luther
If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave… — St. Jerome

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