“What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, imbecile worm of the earth; depositary of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error; the pride and refuse of the...”

― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

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“What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm!”

― John Muir, Stickeen

“He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“As if there could possibly be true stories; things happen one way and we tell about them in the opposite sense.”

― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

“Time is more important to me than distance.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“my heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope in life, beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind.”

― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

“Within the extent of your knowledge, . . . you are right.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!”

― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“There's no more usual basis of union than a mutual misunderstanding.”

― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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