"The melancholy thing about the world is that……" — V.S. Naipaul
"The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid and common."
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115 Quotes by V.S. Naipaul
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children,…
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But everything of value about me is in my books.
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Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.
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We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.
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