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“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.”
― Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci
― Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci
“Break the character and independence of your man and you will have an obedient trooper.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
“To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.”
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“A man lives his life only when he is marching, i thought, when he keeps marching onwards at any price. When he stops marching onwards, he decays. The joy of life is the joy of the experience that comes from feeling one's own strength.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
“We were the unflinching prisoners of a grandiose make-believe, we who looked upon ourselves as heard-headed materialists. We dismissed the distress of today, the human wreckage scattered all about us, the terror and militarism prevailing in the country with the stereotyped belief that we were marching forward with great strides.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
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