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“Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself. ”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”
― History of the Peloponnesian War
― History of the Peloponnesian War
“He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.”
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“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
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This is a group dedicated to reading and discussing the works of the inimitable Charles Dickens. Anyone who loves discussing Dickens in a friendly, co ...more
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