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"It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed."
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"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."

"Opportunity will only meet you in the domain of your chosen attitude."

"A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles."
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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."


"The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again."


"The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception."


"Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away."


"Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven."


"The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion."


"Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death."
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