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Aristotle described virtue as a kind of craft, something to pursue just as one pursues the mastery of any profession or skill. “We become builders by building and we become harpists by playing the harp,” he writes. “Similarly, then, we
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“Pateikšanās, lūdzu, priekš manis nekādas! Dzīvo prātīgi un neiemīlējies! Tā būs tā labākā pateicība.”
― Pērļu zvejnieks
― Pērļu zvejnieks
“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”
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“When it comes to death, who do you suppose has it easier? Ones with religion or just taking it straight?”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain. Not never havin no buddy to go on with or tell me where we's comin from or goin to or why. I'm tired of people bein ugly to each other. It feels like pieces of glass in my head. I'm tired of all the times I've wanted to help and couldn't. I'm tired of bein in the dark. Mostly it's the pain. There's too much. If I could end it, I would. But I can't.”
― The Green Mile
― The Green Mile
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