London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. A Study in Scarlet
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. The Fellowship of the Ring
Where there have been powerful governments, societies, religions, public opinions, in short wherever there has been tyranny, there the solitary philosopher has been hated; for philosophy offers an asylum to a man into which no tyranny can force it way, the inward cave, the labyrinth of the heart. Untimely Meditations
The compensation of growing old ... was simply this; that the passion remains as strong as ever, but one has gained -- at last! -- the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence -- the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it round, slowly, in the light. Mrs. Dalloway
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