"The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions."

Life, Power, Facts, Present

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"The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions."

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"Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby."

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"The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion."

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"He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest."

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"Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know."

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