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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored
It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody
All styles are good except the tiresome kind
It is easier to stay out than get out
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully
The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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