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#1

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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#2

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

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#3

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

tags: wisdom

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#4

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

92175 likes

#5

“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
― W.C. Fields

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#6

“Io posso amare solo la persona che in una giornata di primavera a me preferirà una betulla.”
― Marina Ivanovna Cvetaeva

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#7

“Sentiment and brutality, never one without the other, like fossils and oil.”
― Saul Bellow, Herzog

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#8

“Never try to outstubborn a cat.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

tags: cat, cats, stubborn, stubborness

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#9

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: cats, humor, women

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#10

“Non si ricordano i giorni, si ricordano gli attimi.”
― Cesare Pavese

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#11

“It is never too late to be wise.”
― Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

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#12

“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.”
― Edward Gibbon

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#13

“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters

tags: books, fuck, profanity, reading

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#14

“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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#15

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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#16

“She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

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#17

“- "What is reality?"
- "One of the many possible illusions.”
― Robert Sheckley, Options

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#18

“Sanity is a matter of consensus.”
― Robert Sheckley, Options

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#19

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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#20

“Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.”
― Robert Jordan

tags: forgiveness, men, women

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#21

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories

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#22

“Tutti pensavano che Durruti non poteva morire. Poteva capitare tutto, meno questo. Poteva sprofondare il firmamento, poteva morire anche l'ultimo gatto di Madrid, ma ciò che non poteva essere, ciò che non si poteva comprendere assolutamente era che stavolta fosse stato Durruti a rimanere col cuore spezzato da una palla nemica.”
― Abel Paz, Durruti e la rivoluzione spagnola, Tomo 2: Il rivoluzionario, 19 luglio-20 novembre 1936

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#23

“Trovo la televisione molto educativa. Ogni volta che qualcuno la accende, vado in biblioteca e leggo un buon libro.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: life-lessons

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#24

“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

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#25

“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”
― Anne Bradstreet

tags: flattery, praise, words

1833 likes

#26

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: conduct-of-life, injury, revenge

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#27

“Il cristianesimo dette da bere il veleno a Eros. Questi non ne morì, ma ben degenerò, in vizio.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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#28

“Due cose sono infinite: l'universo e la stupidità umana, ma riguardo l'universo ho ancora dei dubbi.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-to-einstein-no-source

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#29

“Non possiamo risolvere i problemi con lo stesso tipo di pensiero che abbiamo usato quando li abbiamo creati.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

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#30

“Good music always defeats bad luck.”
― Jack Vance

tags: fantasy, music

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