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“Why is it that even when we are enjoying music, for example, or a fine evening or conversation with people we like, why does it all seem to be a hint of some limitless happiness existing somewhere else rather than a real happiness, the kind, that is, we possess ourselves?”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons
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“What was she? A dream? A fairy-tale?”
― Spring Torrents
― Spring Torrents
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“There are three things in the world that are unclear to me, and a fourth one I do not comprehend: the path of an eagle in the sky, a snake on a rock, a ship at sea, and the path of a man to the heart of a woman.”
― The Garnet Bracelet, other stories and novellas
― The Garnet Bracelet, other stories and novellas
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“Virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private.”
― Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.
― Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.
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“Til there was Rock
You only had God.
- Sweet Head”
― David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Off the Record
You only had God.
- Sweet Head”
― David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Off the Record
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