“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”
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“Při prvním spuštění (výbuchu) zůstalo pod tryskou motoru asi deset nepozorných čísel z naší haly – nezbylo z nich nic než pár drobků a sazí. S hrdostí tu zaznamenávám, že se tím rytmus naší práce ani na vteřinu nezarazil, nikdo ani nemrkl. Naše stroje i my jsme pokračovali ve svém přímočarém a kruhovém pohybu s neměnnou přesností, jako by se nic nestalo. Deset Čísel, to je sotva jedna stomilióntina z mas Jednotného státu, prakticky počítáno je to nekonečně malá veličina třetího stupně. Aritmeticky primitivní soucit znali jen lidé starověku – nám je k smíchu.”
― We
― We
“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at them. Misery was soaked through the place like the old beer soaked through its carpets.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree
“For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”
― The Sonnets
― The Sonnets
“The name given me by my mother was, "Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey." I, however, had dispensed with the two middle names long before I left Maryland so that I was generally known by the name of "Frederick Bailey.”
― Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass: By Frederick Douglass & Illustrated
― Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass: By Frederick Douglass & Illustrated
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