The agitator seizes the world. The artist is seized by it.
The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner
The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.
The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span
The press, that goiter of the world, swells up with the desire for conquest and bursts with the achievements which every day brings. A week has room for the boldest climax of the human drive for expansion.
The psychoanalysts pick our dreams as if they were our pockets.
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.