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“To live alone one must be an animal or a God - says Aristotle. There is yet a third case: one must be both - a philosopher.”
Twilight of the Idols • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“Trifles make the sum of life.”
David Copperfield • Charles Dickens“The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered. Like a train into which one jumps without thinking, and without asking oneself where it is going.”
The Counterfeiters • Andre Gide“The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.”
Oscariana • Oscar Wilde“This question of yours, Sir, about my being a house painter — or rather, not a question, you simply made a statement — is typical of the whole character of this trial that is being foisted on me. You may object that it is not a trial at all; you are quite right, for it is only a trial if I recognize it as such. But for the moment I do recognize it, on grounds of compassion, as it were. One can't regard it except with compassion, if one is to regard it at all. I do not say that your procedure is contemptible, but I should like to present that epithet to you for your private consumption.”
The Trial • Franz Kafka