“in order to ascertain the real opinions of such, I ought rather to take cognizance of what they practised than of what they said”

― René Descartes, Discourse on the Method

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“We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will...”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator

“He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable. And it has a fascination, too, that goes to work upon him.”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”

― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

“Happy! Of all the nonsense.”

― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“a prince should guard himself, above all things, against being despised and hated; and liberality leads you to both.”

― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin–to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours–closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We...”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“God is the same every where.”

― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.”

― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

“I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity.”

― J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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