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Them Quotes by Christopher Isherwood
- I often feel that worse than the most fiendish Nazis were those Germans who went along with the persecution of the Jews not because they…
- Do you think it makes people nasty to be loved? You know it doesn’t! Then why should it make them nice to be loathed? While…
- Think of two people, living together day after day, year after year, in this small space, standing elbow to elbow cooking at the same small…
- A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and…
- These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the one…
- I certainly should have,' he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally-accepted bit of nonsense it is, that your best friends must necessarily…
- Staring and staring into the mirror, it sees many faces within its face - the face of the child, the boy, the young man, the…
- The prefect evening...lying down on the couch beside the bookcase and reading himself sleepy...Jim lying opposite him at the other end of the couch, also…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- 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
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster