“How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”

― Jane Austen, Emma

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“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“the fact that the intellect is not the most subtle, powerful and appropriate instrument for grasping the truth is only one more reason in favour of starting with the intellect rather than with the intuitions of the unconscious or with...”

― Marcel Proust, The Fugitive

“No right way is easy in this rough world. We must risk our lives to save them.”

― John Muir, Stickeen

“The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“The only superiority in women that is tolerable to the rival sex is, as a rule, that of the unconscious kind”

― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

“Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

“In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“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

“Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch cold on over-exposure.”

― Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

“the tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.”

― Plato, The Republic

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