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“The anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss put it, ancient writing’s main function was to facilitate the enslavement of other human beings.”
Guns, Germs And Steel • Jared Diamond, Ph.D. (UCLA)“Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.”
Don Quixote • Miguel De Cervantes“Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children.”
Mark Twain's Notebook • Mark Twain“Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body.”
Seneca's Morals • Lucius Annaeus Seneca“„One thing, however, did become clear to him [Goldmund] – why so many perfect works of art did not please him at all, why they were almost hateful and boring to him, in spite of a certain undeniable beauty. Workshops, churches, and palaces were full of these fatal works of art; he had even helped with a few himself. They were deeply disappointing because they aroused the desire for the highest and did not fulfill it. They lacked the most essential thing – mystery. That was what dreams and truly great works of art had in common: mystery.“”
Narcissus and Goldmund • Hermann Hesse