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- The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the…
- A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead…
- There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear…
- Most religions do not make men better, only warier.
- It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the…
- Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf
- The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the…
- Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.
- ...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my…
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