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- The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of…
- Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling…
- She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was…
- In Irena’s head the alcohol plays a double role: it frees her fantasy, encourages her boldness, makes her sensual, and at the same time it…
- The basis of the self is not thought but suffering, which is the most fundamental of all feelings. While it suffers, not even a cat…
- There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the sadness…
- Yes, the essence of every love is a child, and it makes no difference at all whether it has ever actually been conceived or born.…
- I am not worthy of my suffering. A great sentence. It suggests not only that suffering is the basis of the self, its sole indubitable…
- Remembering now all those farewells (fake farewells, worked-up farewells), Irena thinks: a person who messes up her goodbyes shouldn’t expect much from her re-unions.
- High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of…
- Broch is an inspiration to us, not only because of what he accomplished, but also because of all that he aimed at and could not…
- Love is basically like leaches .... They suck until they cant get enough of you. Until you find a catapillar that will turn into the…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle