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“Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.”

Book VII • Marcus Aurelius

“It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.”

The Inspector General • Nikolai Gogol

“The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.”

Le Pere Goriot • Honore de Balzac

“In this initial illimitableness of possibilities that characterizes one who has no nature there stands out only one fixed, pre-established, and given line by which he may chart his course, only one limit: the past.”

History as a System • Jose Ortega y Gasset

“Names have a mysterious transforming power. Like a ring on a finger, a name may at first seem merely accidental, committing you to nothing; but before you realize its magical power, it's gotten under your skin, become part of you and your destiny.”

The Post Office Girl  • Stefan Zweig