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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

bookshelves: currently-reading, russia, classics, fiction

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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

bookshelves: fantasy, currently-reading, classics, man-stuff

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The Gospel According to Luke

by Anonymous

bookshelves: currently-reading, christianity

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“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

tags: infinity, perception

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: strategy

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“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”
― William Blake, Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion

tags: poetry

754 likes

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

tags: opinions, thought

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“The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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