“Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night

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“A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him.”

― Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

“Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts, and all Roosevelt's friends know that his restless and combative energy was more than abnormal.”

― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

“And do you know, there's less charm in life, when one thinks of death, but there's more peace.”

― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.”

― William Shakespeare, Richard III

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”

― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.”

― William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida

“Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

“Yes, we inevitably turn to God; for this religious sentiment is of its nature so pure, so delightful to the soul that experiences it, that it makes up to us for all our other losses.”

― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on the rock.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“there are books . . . which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.”

― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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