“A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance”

― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

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“Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.”

― William Shakespeare, Henry IV

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth—but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it... but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you...”

― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity.”

― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.”

― William Shakespeare, Richard III

“there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.”

― G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

“suppose I covered my eyes . . . and refused to look at you, all that loveliness of yours would be wasted on the desert air.”

― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

“life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.”

― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“if you've been hated you've also been loved.”

― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

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