“it would be better to know nothing than to know so little, so imperfectly”

― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew

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“Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

“People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city’s walls.”

― Heraclitus, On Nature

“Men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle! How fortunate was he who lived in the peace and security of the great forest!”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

“stupidity is one of two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.”

― Stephen King, 11/22/63

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

― Jane Austen, Emma

“My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.”

― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“If only I had thought of a Kodak! I could have flashed that glimpse of the Underworld in a second, and examined it at leisure.”

― H. G. Wells, The Time Machine

“all it takes is a change of attitude: I'm not going to look for happiness anymore. From now on, I'm independent; I see life through my eyes and not through other people's. I'm going in search of the adventure of being alive.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness—I am nothing.”

― Virginia Woolf, The Waves

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