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Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.


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The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.



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Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.



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A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.



Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.



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Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.



To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.



Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training...

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