We for a certainty are not the first have sat in taverns while the tempest hurled their hopeful plans to emptiness, and cursed whatever brute and blackguard made the world.
What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.
When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.
Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth.
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