Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind. Fragment
“A wise prince ought to . . . never in peaceful times stand idle, but increase his resources with industry in such a way that they may be available to him in adversity.” The Prince
To study in Paris is to be born in Paris! Les Misérables
Nothing is so strange when one is in love ... as the complete indifference of other people. Mrs. Dalloway
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