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“Civilization is a race between disaster and education.”
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“The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.”
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“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
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“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― The Illuminated Rumi
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― The Illuminated Rumi
“Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and even in these it is not always found. It is there only when there is no abuse of power. But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.”
― The Spirit of the Laws
― The Spirit of the Laws
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Hendrik’s 2025 Year in Books
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