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Kill one man and you

Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God.
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My pessimism extends to the

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
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It is sometimes well for

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
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To say of men that

To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.
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I should have no use

I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
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God, that checkroom of our

God, that checkroom of our dreams.
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It takes a very deep-rooted

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
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The ideal, without doubt, varies,

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
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Beauty in art is often

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
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We are not na?ve enough

We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.
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