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[...] a number of flawed individuals can often add up to a brilliant social unit.
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The number of portraits one saw of [Emperor Franz Joseph] was almost as great as the number of inhabitants of his realms.... Believing in his existence was rather like seeing certain stars although they ceased to exist thousands of years ago.
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There is a particular propensity in the world for people, wherever they appear in great numbers, to permit themselves collectively everything that would be forbidden them individually.
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When the moon is in the seventh house, And Jupiter aligns with Mars, Then peace will guide the planets, And love will steer the stars; This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.
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Born:
November 6, 1880
Died:
April 15, 1942
(aged 61)
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