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“„'Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?' da antwortete der Spiegel aber wieder: 'Frau Königin, ihr seyd die schönste hier, aber Sneewittchen, über den sieben Bergen ist noch tausend Mal schöner als Ihr!”
― Spiegel, das Kätzchen: Kellers Novelle und zehn weitere Katzengeschichten
― Spiegel, das Kätzchen: Kellers Novelle und zehn weitere Katzengeschichten
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We think we don’t deserve love, we think if we let it in we’ll become too soft. But a wise man named Levin said it right. He said, “Love is the only rational act.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“You must learn to respect," Papa said.
But I do not respect her," I said.
Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.”
― Someone Knows My Name
But I do not respect her," I said.
Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.”
― Someone Knows My Name
“It had happened. Thucydides, his archrival, was a general. Glaucon, from his own tribe, was a general. And Pericles was no longer a general. He was just a citizen with one vote. And an idea”
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
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