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“Experience is a good school. But the fees are high”
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“But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love forever.
Had we never lou'd sae kindly,
Had we never lou'd sae blindly,
Never met - or never parted -
We had ne'er been broken hearted”
― Robert Burns: Selected Poems and Songs
Love but her, and love forever.
Had we never lou'd sae kindly,
Had we never lou'd sae blindly,
Never met - or never parted -
We had ne'er been broken hearted”
― Robert Burns: Selected Poems and Songs
“Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right”
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“To change one’s life:
1. Start immediately.
2. Do it flamboyantly.
3. No exceptions.”
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1. Start immediately.
2. Do it flamboyantly.
3. No exceptions.”
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“There is no reality except in action. Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself; he is therefore nothing else than the ensemble of his acts, nothing else than his life.”
― Existentialism is a Humanism
― Existentialism is a Humanism
Alun’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alun’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
94 books
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847 friends
111 books
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32 friends
163 books
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23 friends
29 books
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9 friends
515 books
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2,041 friends
134 books
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29 friends
21 books
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10 friends
4 books
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16 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Science, Self help, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, and audiobook
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