To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.
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Zum Autor"You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom."
"In the legal respect, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries, the other half of Moscow burned down."
"If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state."
"Read the best books first, otherwise you’ll find you do not have time. - Henry David Thoreau."
"Nice passion is reading."
"That one must either explain life to oneself so that it does not seem to be an evil mockery by some sort of devil, or one must shoot oneself."