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Book cover for Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Countries such as Great Britain and the United States became rich because their citizens overthrew the elites who controlled power and created a society where political rights were much more broadly distributed, where the government was ...more
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Oscar Wilde
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sylvia Plath
“I was supposed to be having the time of my life.”
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

Victor Hugo
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
Victor Hugo

Oscar Wilde
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
Oscar Wilde

F. Scott Fitzgerald
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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