1.
Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end.
Multatuli
2.
Two left-handed gloves don't make a pair. Two half-truths don't make a truth.
Multatuli
3.
Seen from the moon we are all the same size.
Multatuli
4.
Perhaps nothing is entirely true, not even this.
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5.
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.
Multatuli
6.
There is only one evil, one crime, one sin: lack of heart.
Multatuli
7.
Principles are things which one calls upon to avoid something unpleasant.
Multatuli
8.
One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture.
Multatuli
9.
It's unfair of a circle to accuse the angle of being sharp.
Multatuli
10.
Endeavour-with most diligent labour, O aspiring artist!-to master content. The form will rise to meet you.
Multatuli
