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How gleefully life shreds our well crafted plans.


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So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .

So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .




We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.



The truth of a myth, your Honor, is not its words but its patterns.

The truth of a myth, your Honor, is not its words but its patterns.



I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket.

I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket.



What man ain't the honestest cove in his own eyes?" Grote's round face is a bronze moon in the dark. "'Tain't good intentions what paves the road to hell: it's self-justifyin's.

What man ain't the honestest cove in his own eyes?" Grote's round face is a bronze moon in the dark. "'Tain't good intentions what paves the road to hell: it's self-justifyin's.



The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature.

The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature.



But thought has no eyelids to close or ears to block...

But thought has no eyelids to close or ears to block...



Anna would like you, he thinks, looking into her face. Anna would like you.

Anna would like you, he thinks, looking into her face. Anna would like you.



I find a certain comfort, " confesses Marinus, "in humanity's helplessness.

I find a certain comfort, " confesses Marinus, "in humanity's helplessness.





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I can't be afraid of someone whose human side I see and know.

I can't be afraid of someone whose human side I see and know.



As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.

As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.



For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.

For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.



I admit I'm enthusiastically demanding.

I admit I'm enthusiastically demanding.



Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship.

Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship.



I'm lookin' forward to doin' a lot of big things. I've been doin' a lot of big things: a lot of traveling, a lot of recording - I'm excited.

I'm lookin' forward to doin' a lot of big things. I've been doin' a lot of big things: a lot of traveling, a lot of recording - I'm excited.



When you put your feet on the floor every morning, Hell should shake!

When you put your feet on the floor every morning, Hell should shake!



Love your country, but never trust its government.

Love your country, but never trust its government.



Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors.

Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors.



I've been a lucky guy.

I've been a lucky guy.




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