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Quotes
An open foe may prove a curse.
But a pretend friend is worse.
–John Gay
The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his heaven he makes an ideal of his hell.
–Friedrich Nietzsche
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
–Oscar Wilde
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
–Feodor Dostoyevsky
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
–Irving Layton
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
–Logan Pearsall Smith
Think of, and look at, your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire, you are lost.
–Samuel Butler
We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.
–Allan Massie
Life is hard, but at least it’s short. — E. J. D’Alise (circa 1980)
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