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W.E.B. Du Bois
“The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.”
W.E.B. Du Bois

John Keats
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter”
John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems

Alessandro Baricco
“I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness.”
Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea
tags: love

Alessandro Baricco
“Accadono cose che sono come domande. Passa un minuto, oppure anni, e poi la vita risponde.”
Alessandro Baricco, Castelli di rabbia

Hermann Hesse
“I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves.”
Herman Hesse

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