For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
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How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?
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There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.
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The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.
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