A man should be upright, not kept upright. Book III
Species do not grow more perfect: the weaker dominate the strong, again and again--- the reason being that they are the great majority, and they are also cleverer. Darwin forgot the mind (---that is English!): the weak possess more mind. ... To acquire mind, one must need mind---one loses it when one no longer needs it. [Criticism of Darwin's Origin of Species.] Twilight of the Idols
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
I am tormented by temptations." "What kind? There is a cure for temptation." "What?" "Yielding to it.“ Le Pere Goriot
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