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Out of its squalor and human decay, its eruptions of butchery, India produced so many people of grace and beauty, ruled by elaborate courtesy. Producing… — V.S. Naipaul
It seems to me so shocking to see the precious hours of a man's life - the priceless moments that will never come back to… — Jerome K. Jerome
Noooo, there’s no way I, a mere handsome and sexy shopkeeper, could possibly have bankai!” — Urahara Kisuke — Tite Kubo
If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except that little point which the world and the… — Martin Luther
Idealism does not represent a superfluous expression of emotion, but in truth it has been, is, and will be, the premise for what we designate… — Adolf Hitler
It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself, with… — Oscar Wilde
In this respect, our townsfolk were like everybody else, wrapped up in themselves; in other words, they were humanists: they disbelieved in pestilences. A pestilence… — Albert Camus
I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State,… — Theodore Roosevelt
You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live… — George MacDonald
And what I was feeling was the wonder Of being more than me, of being more Than mere here and now allowed I had become… — Walter Dean Myers
You should not take old people who are already dead seriously. It does them injustice. We immortals do not like things to be taken seriously.… — Hermann Hesse
When you're cooking with food as alive as this -- these gorgeous and semigorgeous fruits and leaves and flesh -- you're in no danger of… — Michael Pollan
There must be a stronger foundation than mere friendship or sexual attraction. Unconditional love, agape love, will not be swayed by time or circumstances. — Stephen Kendrick
Every form has its own meaning. Every man creates his meaning and form and goal. Why is it so important - what others have done?… — Ayn Rand
Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendships and intimacies … and yet they leave… — William James
Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic… — Oscar Wilde
I did not want to be anything, and naturally I did not want to turn myself into a mere profession: all I ever wanted was… — Thomas Bernhard
Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Ford looked at him severely. And no sneaky knocking down Mr Dent's house whilst he's away, alright?" he said. The mere thought," growled Mr Prosser,… — Douglas Adams
And so I'm me again, Leo. Thanks to the example of a five-year-old. I'm hoping you wouldn't want it any other way. Not that you… — Jerry Spinelli
These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Of my conception I know only what you know of yours. It occurred in darkness and I was unconsenting... By some bleak alchemy what had… — Marilynne Robinson
His life, measured in space and time, will take up a mere few lines, which my ignorance will abbreviate further. — Jorge Luis Borges
And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling…the question should… — C.S. Lewis

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