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Thinking in its lower grades,

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.
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The art of living lies

The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.
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Jealousy - that dragon which

Jealousy - that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.
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What we call progress is

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
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The place where optimism flourishes

The place where optimism flourishes most is in the lunatic asylum.
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Jealousy, that dragon which slays

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.
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The sun, the moon and

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
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There is held to be

There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether.
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I always seem to have

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.
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The prevalence of suicide, without

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.
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