“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.