The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
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This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.
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To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.
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Decency is Indecency's conspiracy of silence.
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You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
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This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think of me. It works beautifully as long as I think the same things as he does.
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