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Introduction Tobias Smollett’s 1755 translation of Don Quixote introduces the general reader to Cervantes’ masterpiece through an accessible and racy English idiom. It further invites reflection upon the evolution of the English novelin
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“What is harder than rock? What is softer than water? Yet hard rocks are hollowed out by soft water?”
― Natural Questions
― Natural Questions
“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must try to learn from history.”
― Civilisation
― Civilisation
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
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*CURRENTLY SEEKING NEW MODERATOR/GROUP MANAGER* A group for those who want to read Tolstoy's "War and Peace" over the year 2022 by reading a chapter ...more
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