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Them Quotes by Jose Saramago
- Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the trees in the yard, one…
- The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.
- Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what…
- We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs…
- Not only does the universe have its own laws, all of them indifferent to the contradictory dreams and desires of humanity, and in the formulation…
- but it is also true, if this brings her any consolation, that if, before every action, we were to begin weighing up the consequences, thinking…
- Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of two or three…
- Will we ever learn that certain things can be understood only if we take the trouble to trace them to their origins.
- I consider books to be good for our health, and also our spirits, and they help us to become poets or scientists, to understand the…
- ...sleep is a skilled magician, it changes the proportions of things, the distances between them, it separates people and they're lying next to each other,…
- The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
- ...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead…
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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