Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children. Mark Twain's Notebook
It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence. Beware of Pity
Food production, and competition and diffusion between societies, led as ultimate causes ... of conquest. Guns, Germs And Steel
“The prospect of those visiting hours, for which the starvation artist naturally yearned, since they were the meaning of his life, also made him shudder.” A Hunger Artist
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