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"Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence."
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"By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man."

"Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for."

"On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died."

"It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine."

"The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round."
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"Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press."

"The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble."

"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."

"The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world."

"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag."

"The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature."
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