It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own. Book VII
Even that has its reason; it is often better to be in chains than to be free. The Trial
Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged. Typee
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. The Decay of Lying
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