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“there is no word so perk and quick, which bursts from the heart with such spontaneity, which seethes and bubbles with such vitality, as the aptly spoken Russian word”
Dead Souls • Nikolai Gogol“ "When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."”
The Analects of Confucius • Confucius“A good mind is a lord of a kingdom.”
Thyestes • Lucius Annaeus Seneca“Once it's been proved to you that you're descended from an ape, it's no use pulling a face; just accept it. Once they've proved to you that a single droplet of your own fat must be dearer to you than a hundred thousand of your fellow human beings and consequently that all so-called virtues and duties are nothing but ravings and prejudices, then accept that too, because there's nothing to be done.”
Notes from Underground • Fyodor Dostoevski“Never joke at funerals, or during business transactions.”
Israel Potter • Herman Melville