Multatuli Quotes

• Seen from the moon we are all the same size.

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  Moon, Tolerance, Humanity

  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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• There is only one evil, one crime, one sin: lack of heart.

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  Heart, Evil, Sin

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• Perhaps nothing is entirely true, not even this.

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  Truth

  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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• 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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  Truth, Poetry, Doe

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• Two left-handed gloves don't make a pair. Two half-truths don't make a truth.

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  Truth, Two, Half

  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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• It's unfair of a circle to accuse the angle of being sharp.

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  Circles, Tolerance, Unfair

  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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• Principles are things which one calls upon to avoid something unpleasant.

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  Principles

  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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• One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture.

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  Life Is, Hell, Shame

  "Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company". Novel by Multatuli, 1860.

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• Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end.

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  Rope, Eternity, Immortality

  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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• Endeavour-with most diligent labour, O aspiring artist!-to master content. The form will rise to meet you.

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  Artist, Endeavour, Form

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