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“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights • John Steinbeck“Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.”
The Decay of Lying • Oscar Wilde“Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another; for such thoughts purge away the filth of the terrene life.”
Book VII • Marcus Aurelius“"Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with shame and regret."”
Metamorphosis and Other Stories • Franz Kafka““Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say; / Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?””
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam • Omar Khayyam