Innovators and men of genius have almost always been regarded as fools at the beginning (and very often at the end) of their careers.
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I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find some one quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.
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Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain
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Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even if he was surrounded by bread.
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