Lu Xun quotes - page 2

Trust only him who doubts. (Lu Xun)
I could not blot out hope, for hope belongs to the future. View quote
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Despair is as hollow and deceptive as hope! View quote
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When the Chinese suspect someone of being a potential troublemaker, they always resort to one of two methods: they crush him, or they hoist him on a pedestal. View quote
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True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. If we dare not even look, what else are we good for? View quote
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But a people unable to reform will not be able to preserve its old culture either. View quote
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The most important thing... was to change their spirit; and since at that time I felt that literature was the best means to this end, I decided to promote literary movement. View quote
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Verbal abuse and intimidation are not fighting. View quote
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For all of ignorant people of a nation, even if their body is somehow strong, somehow grand, even then they can only make meaningless displays [of this "strength"]. [As for] the multitude of constituents and observers, however many may die from [this] sickness, this is [still] not to be considered as unfortunate. View quote
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Save the children... View quote
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When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet. (Lu Xun)
Though science has given us many marvels, it has also spoiled many of our pleasant dreams. View quote
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All who have read a few old books have picked up the old tactics of considering every new idea a 'heresy' which must be rooted out. View quote
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I naturally believe there will be a future, but I do not waste my time imagining its radiant beauty. ... It seems to me that we ought to think first about the present. Even if the present is desperately dark, I do not wish to leave it. Will tomorrow be free from darkness? We'll talk about that tomorrow. View quote
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As long as there shall be stones, the seeds of fire will not die. View quote
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A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed. View quote
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If we want to work out a policy for the present, we must examine the past and prepare for the future, discard the material and elevate the spirit, rely on the individual and exclude the mass. View quote
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The world is changing from day to day; it is high time for our writers to take off their masks, look frankly, keenly, and boldly at life, and write about real flesh and blood. It is high time for a brand-new arena for literature, high time for some bold fighters to charge headlong into battle! View quote
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Though love is instinctive, it cannot develop without a certain stimulus and use. View quote
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Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life. View quote
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