"Men are always murderers, and their calmness and generosity is the calmness of a well-fed animal, that knows itself out of danger."

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Source : Leonid Andreyev (2007). “The Seven That Were Hanged”, p.168, Wildside Press LLC

Leonid Andreyev

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“Thought is invisible nature.”
“Fantastically, Australia is still the lucky country. We have the flawed but necessary gift of democracy. Currently there is a debate about whether there is racism in Australia. There is racism in every country in the world. Relatively speaking, we are tolerant of one another. We have a large and giving land and, if you haven't seen its beauty, you haven't seen a beauty precious to the earth.”
“Again, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.”
“Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.”
“Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.”
“Comedy is an intellectual affair, and deals chiefly with logic. Tragedy is an emotional affair, and deals chiefly with value. Horace Walpole once said that "life is a comedy to the man who thinks and a tragedy to the man who feels." Comedy is negative; it is a criticism of limitations and an unwillingness to accept them. Tragedy is positive; it is an uncritical acceptance of the positive content of that which is delimited. Since comedy deals with the limitations of actual situations and tragedy with their positive content, comedy must ridicule and tragedy must endorse.”
“Acting is fun... don't let that get around!”
“The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.”

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