Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
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Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
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Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
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The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.
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Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.
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Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
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When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
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Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.
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There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.
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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation’s heart, the excision of its memory.
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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.
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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
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