There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.

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Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.

Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.

Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It ex

I can only note that the past is beautiful, because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

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