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Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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An art book is a museum without walls. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#book #museum #walls #without

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#nothing #one thing #only #opium #physical

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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