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- After all a book can be represented as a conversation with one’s demon.
- There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.
- He sat on as the sun's rays came slowly down through the trees, lower and lower, and when the lowest reached a branch not far…
- I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for…
- For my own part,' said Captain Aubrey, 'I have no notion of disliking a man for his beliefs, above all if he was born with…
- ...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...
- ...looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this is coming it pretty high: your brute is eating my hat.' 'So…
- And she hates being managed - that is not the word I want. What is it, Maturin?' 'Manipulated.' 'Exactly. She is a dutiful girl -…
- My dear creature, I have done with all debate. But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes…
- Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you…
- Since I grew up, I have never deliberately used any technique at all other than the physical shaping of my tale so that it more…
- Take a newspaper account of Waterloo or Trafalgar, with all the small advertisements: it seems much more real than reading about it in a history…
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- . . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Whenever my pocket money fall short. I start to think my life sucks. Then I think about all those out there who… — Anurag Prakash Ray
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- I realize my mistake when I lost you in the crowd. I felt the pain n loneliness when I lost you. U… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes