“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy […]
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Most of these reveal a psychological shrewdness about human fallibility: •A man of genius is but seldom ruined but by himself. •If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle. •There are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by. •All […]
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