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“O how blessed it would be never to marry, or grow old; but to spend one's life innocently and indifferently among the trees and rivers which alone can keep one cool and childlike in the midst of the troubles of the world!”
To the Lighthouse • Virginia Woolf““Outside of these, he should listen to no one, pursue the thing resolved on, and be steadfast in his resolutions. He who does otherwise is either overthrown by flatterers, or is so often changed by varying opinions that he falls into contempt.””
The Prince • Niccolo Machiavelli““If I had found the food I liked, believe me, I should have made no fuss and stuffed myself like you or anyone else.” These were his last words, but in his dimming eyes there remained the firm though no longer proud persuasion that he was still continuing to fast.” ”
A Hunger Artist • Franz Kafka“The mind is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not discreetly how to use it. ”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne“The sergeant's widow told you a lie when she said I flogged her. I never flogged her. She flogged herself.”
The Inspector General • Nikolai Gogol