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“One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

“A friend of Diagoras pointed out an expensive display of votive gifts and said, 'You think the gods have no care for man? Why, you can see from all these votive pictures here how many people have escaped the fury of storms at sea by praying to the gods who have brought them safe to harbor.'

To which Diagoras replied, 'Yes, indeed, but where are the pictures of all those who suffered shipwreck and perished in the waves?”
― Diagoras of Melos

“دلم هوای خزان کرده ست
دلم هوای کوچ پرنده های غریب
و پا به پای تمام نقوش بی زاری
دلم هوای پژمردن کرده ست
چه بی تفاوتی تلخی
دلم هوای مردن کرده ست
کجاست یار؟
کجاست ظلمت؟
- بیغوله؟
کوچه؟
تنهایی
دلم هوار مردن کرده است.”
― علی باباچاهی, صدای شعر امروز

“Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.”
― Marya Mannes