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“Key to women’s ascent was the typewriter. Invented in 1867 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the original model was decorated with floral decals and mounted on a treadle table, like a sewing machine; promoters proclaimed it perfect for a woman’s “nimble fingers.”
― Kate Bolick, Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

“Non sarebbe poi niente se solo non si avesse di fonte l'infinito.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Castelli di rabbia

“Los dioses no estaban ya, y Cristo no estaba todavía, y de Cicerón a Marco Aurelio hubo un momento único en que el hombre estuvo solo.”
― Flaubert

“the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls”
― Nietzsche