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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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  • #4
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Albert Camus
    “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, happiness, meaning-of-life
    13999 likes

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  • #8
    Albert Camus
    “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy
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  • #9
    Albert Camus
    “Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source
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  • #10
    Albert Camus
    “But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
    ― Albert Camus
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  • #11
    Albert Camus
    “I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
    ― Albert Camus, The Stranger
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  • #12
    Albert Camus
    “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: on-fiction
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  • #13
    Albert Camus
    “Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.”
    ― Albert Camus, The Stranger
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  • #14
    Albert Camus
    “What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
    ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
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  • #15
    Albert Camus
    “I rebel; therefore I exist.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: existentialism, rebel
    891 likes

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  • #16
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
    tags: intelligence, intelligent-action
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
    tags: goals-in-life, purpose-of-life
    2956 likes

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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    tags: animals, cruelty, mankind
    2707 likes

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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
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  • #20
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
    tags: 265, raskolnikov, suffering
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Insulted and Humiliated
    tags: respect, self-respect
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  • #22
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “A hundred suspicions don't make a proof.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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  • #23
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons
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  • #24
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “I want to talk about everything with at least one person as I talk about things with myself.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
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  • #25
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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  • #26
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “But to fall in love does not mean to love. One can fall in love and still hate.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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  • #27
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “I have so much to say to you that I am afraid I shall tell you nothing.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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  • #28
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “The Russian soul is a dark place.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
    tags: darkness, russians, souls
    163 likes

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  • #29
    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “I am too young and I've loved you too much.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
    148 likes



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