Clothes, when abstracted from the flow of present time and their transmogrifying function on the human body, and seen as forms in themselves, are strange tubes and excrescences worthy of being classed with such facial decorations as the ring through the nose or the lip-stretching disk. But how enchanting they become when seen togetherwith the qualities they bestow on their wearer! What happens then is no less than the infusion, into some tangled lines on a piece of paper, of the meaning of a great word.
The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mentall illnesses, and the mentally … - Robert Musil
The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mentall illnesses, and the mentally …
- Robert Musil
One does what one is; one becomes what one does. - Robert Musil
One does what one is; one becomes what one does.
... for the modern soul, for which it is mere child's play to bridge oceans and continents, there is nothing so impossible as to find the contact wit… - Robert Musil
... for the modern soul, for which it is mere child's play to bridge oceans and continents, there is nothing so impossible as to find the contact wit…
Layer by layer art strips life bare. - Robert Musil
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress… - Robert Musil
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress…
...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason and sets them afloat wi… - Robert Musil
...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason and sets them afloat wi…
Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop. - Robert Musil
Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.
One must conform to the baseness of an age or become neurotic. - Robert Musil
One must conform to the baseness of an age or become neurotic.
True' and 'false' are the evasions of people who never want to arrive at a decision. Truth is something without end. - Robert Musil
True' and 'false' are the evasions of people who never want to arrive at a decision. Truth is something without end.
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