Multatuli quotes
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“There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.”
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“Two left-handed gloves don't make a pair. Two half-truths don't make a truth.”
-- MultatuliSource : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.48, Univ of Massachusetts Press
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“Perhaps nothing is entirely true, not even this.”
-- MultatuliSource : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.48, Univ of Massachusetts Press
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“Seen from the moon we are all the same size.”
-- MultatuliSource : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.61, Univ of Massachusetts Press
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“Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end.”
-- MultatuliSource : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.61, Univ of Massachusetts Press
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“Principles are things which one calls upon to avoid something unpleasant.”
-- MultatuliSource : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.80, Univ of Massachusetts Press
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“It's unfair of a circle to accuse the angle of being sharp.”
-- MultatuliSource : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.54, Univ of Massachusetts Press
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“One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture”
-- MultatuliSource : "Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company". Novel by Multatuli, 1860.
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“There is only one evil, one crime, one sin: lack of heart.”
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“Endeavour-with most diligent labour, O aspiring artist!-to master content. The form will rise to meet you.”
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