"Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses."

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"Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part is and always has been made up of men skilled in farming."

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"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

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"Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race."

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"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."

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"He who hates vice hates men."

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"Researchers have found very little difference between men and women in terms of the amount of time spent gossiping."

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"What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!"

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"Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it."

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"Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part is and always has been made up of men skilled in farming."

"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

"Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race."

"Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out."

"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."

"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."

"He who hates vice hates men."

"Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it."

"Researchers have found very little difference between men and women in terms of the amount of time spent gossiping."

"Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies."

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"A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread."

"It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man."

"The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means."

"What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!"

"It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so."

"Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it."