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From Quotes by Milan Kundera
- War and culture, those are the two poles of Europe, her heaven and hell, her glory and shame, and they cannot be separated from one…
- The love between dog and man is idyllic, dogs were never expelled from paradise.
- Only animals were not expelled from Paradise.
- A route differs from a road not only because it is solely intended for vehicles, but also because it is merely a line that connects…
- This is the real and the only reason for friendship: to provide a mirror so the other person can contemplate his image from the past,…
- Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's very beautiful. But what would they nourish their intimate talk with? However contemptible the world…
- The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present... he is caught in a fragment of time cut off from both the…
- Kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence
- Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge…
- Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent,
- All lovers unconsciously establish their own rules of the game, which from the outset admit of no transgression.
- Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.…
- The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
- The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten by man and thus the novelists'…
- Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.
- A mismatched outfit, a slightly defective denture, an exquisite mediocrity of the soul-those are the details that make a woman real, alive. The women you…
- He suddenly recalled from Plato's Symposium: People were hermaphrodites until God split then in two, and now all the halves wander the world over seeking…
- From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal?Â…Betrayal means breaking ranks…
- She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women. Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything,…
- she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for…
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