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Man is an eternal sophomore.


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True villains are extremely photogenic.

True villains are extremely photogenic.



All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.



The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.



The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.



The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.



Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.



The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.



The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.



I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.



It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.





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The only means by which one could attain complete happiness is to avoid living in constant expectation of it. It's the expectation that causes our unhappiness and consequent bitterness about life

The only means by which one could attain complete happiness is to avoid living in constant expectation of it. It's the expectation that causes our unhappiness and consequent bitterness about life



He looked in her eyes as if trying to tell her he loved her without words. She looked back at him as if to say, I know.

He looked in her eyes as if trying to tell her he loved her without words. She looked back at him as if to say, I know.



No, I will finish what I started, here, at Glimpa’s Arch. The act belongs to me, the consequence, pleasing or not, belongs to the gods.

No, I will finish what I started, here, at Glimpa’s Arch. The act belongs to me, the consequence, pleasing or not, belongs to the gods.



No sane person resists the smell of the soil when sprinkled with water, Especially the smell of the intercourse between earth and rain.

No sane person resists the smell of the soil when sprinkled with water, Especially the smell of the intercourse between earth and rain.



I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.

I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.



It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it.

It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it.



Don't take anything for granite. That's what tombstones are made of.

Don't take anything for granite. That's what tombstones are made of.



I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.



The future of human society. Had it made an irrevocably false start? The compass error that gets harder to correct with every mile you go?

The future of human society. Had it made an irrevocably false start? The compass error that gets harder to correct with every mile you go?



The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives.

The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives.




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