Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
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Aphorisms by Charlie Chaplin
Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe, turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you, if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Poetry)
Why should poetry have to make sense?
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I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of an ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, of all of which I am the sum total.
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To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
Look up to the sky
You'll never find rainbows
If you're looking down.
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I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
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I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. Everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.
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