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“The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the fixed smile of the tropics.”
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“Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something is taken.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right.”
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“If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own.”
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“I could not simplify myself.”
(From the suicide note of a character named Nejdanov)”
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(From the suicide note of a character named Nejdanov)”
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