A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
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Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
I know of only one duty, and that is to love
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die
We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.