"Let us work without reasoning," said Martin; "it is the only way to make life endurable." Candide
The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. Intentions
"There, Master Niketas," Baudolino said, "when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. ... There is nothing better than imagining other worlds," he said, "to forget the painful one we live in. At least so I thought then. I hadn't yet realized that, imagining other worlds, you end up changing this one." Baudolino
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Pride and Prejudice
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