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“Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.”
“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.”
“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.”
“One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
“Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?”
“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
“Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.”
“There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.”
“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.”
“On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.”
“I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.”
“Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.”
“All great ideas are dangerous.”
“It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.”
“The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?”
“Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.”
“We learn geology the morning after the earthquake.”
“To create a little flower is the labour of ages.”
“History teaches everything, even the future.”
“How many lives we live in one, And how much less than one, in all.”
“History is Philosophy teaching by example.”
“Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.”
“Knowledge is the only elegance.”
“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.”
“The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.”