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“It is one of the most detestable habits of a Liliputian mind to credit other people with its own malignant pettiness.”
― Le Père Goriot
― Le Père Goriot
“What's friendship's realest measure?
I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.”
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I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.”
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“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.”
― Père Goriot
― Père Goriot
“It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong.”
― Arcadia
― Arcadia
“The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
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