"But Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest corner." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
“And there is nothing wastes so rapidly as liberality, for even whilst you exercise it you lose the power to do so.” The Prince
“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.” Seagull
Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side. Don Quixote
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