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“The reason why Proshka wore such large boots can be explained at once: Plyushkin kept only one pair of boots for all of his servants, however numerous they were, and they always stood in the hall.”
Dead Souls • Nikolai Gogol“[..] the values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.”
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed • Jared Diamond““Some for the Glories of This World; and some / Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; / Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, / Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!””
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam • Omar Khayyam“the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is struggle and striving, development and growth - and analysis is one of the means that can help in this process. Certainly its positive accomplishments are important, but also the striving itself is of intrinsic value.”
Self-Analysis • Karen Horney“My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.”
Lady Windermere's Fan • Oscar Wilde