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Other Quotes by Jonathan Franzen
- If you read the biographies of people who have written good books, you often see the point where they suddenly come into themselves, and those…
- When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness…
- I look at my father, who was in many ways an unhappy person, but who, not long before he got sick, said that the greatest…
- I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.
- The human species was given dominion over the earth and took the opportunity to exterminate other species and warm the atmosphere and generally ruin things…
- Deploring other people--their lack of perfection--had always been our sport.
- But she was seventeen now and not actually dumb. She knew that you could love somebody more than anything and still not love the person…
- He and his wife loved each other and brought each other daily pain. Everything else he was doing in his life, even his longing for…
- But nothing disturbs the feeling of specialness like the presence of other human beings feeling identically special.
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour