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Our ignorance of history makes us libel to our own times. People have always been like this.
One must not always think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form.
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.
That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.
Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.