"The first condition a community should set, if……" — Max Nordau
"The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs."
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10 Quotes by Max Nordau
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Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of…
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It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.
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Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and…
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How dare the smooth talkers, the clever official blabbers, open their mouths and boast of progress. . . . Here…
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Let me tell you the following words as if I were showing you the rungs of a ladder leading upward…
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[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case…
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We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes…
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The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.
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If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does…
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More Aspires Quotes
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.
— Pierre Corneille
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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
— Samuel Johnson
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Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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To live as one likes is plebian the noble man aspires to order and law.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.
— Albert Einstein
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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.
— Samuel Johnson
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must…
— James Boswell
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But above everything, drink wines with love. They are like women - different, mysterious, fickle. And each wine has to…
— Unknown Author
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