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A dying man needs to dye, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and...
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There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He...
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They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to...
Quote #12550
Battles are won by iron hearts in wooden ships.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well...
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Quote #5719
Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if...
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Naturally, we cannot say much about the spiritual body, because we cannot imagine what...
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Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires I have lost friends,...
Quote #4809
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to...