Thousands of books are waiting to be discovered.
Recommended Books
See All
“But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions. ”
Book V • Marcus Aurelius“Long only for what you have.”
Fruits of the Earth • Andre Gide“They insist that an author should write in the strictest, purest and noblest language: in short, they expect the Russian language to drop from the clouds, already refined, and that it should come naturally to the lips, so that all they have to do is to open their mouth and stick out their tongue. It goes without saying, of course, that the feminine half of the human species is very wise; but it must be confessed that our respected readers are even wiser.”
Dead Souls • Nikolai Gogol“Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment — a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man’s existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.”
Counsels and Maxims • Arthur Schopenhauer“Often the best in us springs from the worst in us.”
Reflections on Literature and Morality • Andre Gide