“PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.”

― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“Life is there to be lived rather than to be written about.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“In short, my aunt stipulated, at one and the same time, that whoever came to see her must approve of her way of life, commiserate with her in her sufferings, and assure her of an ultimate recovery.”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

“My desolation does begin to make a better life.”

― William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

“I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.”

― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again.”

― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“It is of the greatest important in this world that a man should know himself, and the measure of his own strength and means; and he who knows that he has not a genius for fighting must learn how to govern by the arts of peace.”

― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“Should you find yourself in a chronically-leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”

― Warren Buffett, The Essays of Warren Buffett

“I had long known that there were worlds of difference between males and men as there were between females and women. Genitalia indicated sex, but work, discipline, courage and love were needed for the creation of men and women.”

― Maya Angelou, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

“it is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be more than sufficient to get you through your examination, which, after all, is what school is all about.”

― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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