

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War

“The difference between the university graduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in the extent of vitality and self-confidence”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Before beauty disappears entirely from the earth, it will go on existing for a while as a mistake.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“We don't need other worlds, we need mirrors.”
― Solaris
― Solaris

“Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi's shoulders.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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