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"Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
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"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."
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"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."
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"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men."
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"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."
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"A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera."
Art
"Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving."
Conservative
"Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best."
Reading
"The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task."
Creativity
"You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery."
Want
"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past."
People
"Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars."
Movies
"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."
Animals
"Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures."
Nation
"The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer."
Quality
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