“Kashmir is an integral part of India without its inhabitants”
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“It is a hard thing to live haunted by the ghost of an untrue dream; to see the wide vision of empire fade into real ashes and dirt; to feel the pang of the conquered, and yet know that with all the Bad that fell on one black day, something was vanquished that deserved to live, something killed that in justice had not dared to die; to know that with the Right that triumphed, triumphed something of Wrong, something sordid and mean, something less than the broadest and best.”
― The Souls of Black Folk
― The Souls of Black Folk
“it’s unsolicited only because I’m not smart enough to ask for it.”
― Indemnity
― Indemnity
“God has attached an enormous ball to this chain: the obligation of restoring the neighbor's reputation. Saint Augustine's words here are as true for backbiting as for money: "Non dimittitur peccatum nisi restituatur ablatum: No restoration, no pardon.”
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“A taste for the Old Testament is a touchstone with respect to "great" and "small".”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
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