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From time to time I meet with a youth in whom I can wish for no alteration or improvement, only I am sorry to see how often his nature makes him quite ready to swim with the stream of the time; and it is on this that I would always insist, that man in his fragile boat has the rudder placed in his hand, just that he may not be at the mercy of the wa
... See moreJohann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
Mr. G is a very intellectual young man who was an infant prodigy. He has been concerned with general ideas since the age of ten and has one of those minds that can scintillatingly rationalize everything. I have known him for ten years and in that time have heard him enthusiastically explain Marx, social credit, technocracy, Keynesian economics, Che
... See moreDorothy Thompson • Who Goes Nazi?
Pionnier universel, il est le père d'un art nouveau : la littérature politique, dont la gamme s'étend du genre poétique à la satire la plus bouffonne, — cet art subtil des mots incendiaires que par la suite Voltaire, Heine et Nietzsche porteront au plus haut degré de la perfection, cet art du pamphlet, qui raille toutes les autorités tant laïques q
... See moreAlzir Hella • Érasme: Grandeur et décadence d'une idée (French Edition)
A man is not deceived by others, he deceives himself.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
He was one of those to whom nature has given the desire without the power of artistic expression.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
The power of the poet is different from the power of the politician,
Timothy Butler • Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path
Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
Mental lucidity fulfils itself in many ways.