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“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
(Letter 16, 1657)”
― The Provincial Letters
(Letter 16, 1657)”
― The Provincial Letters
“[how can anyone] be silly enough to think himself better than other people, because his clothes are made of finer woolen thread than theirs. After all, those fine clothes were once worn by a sheep, and they never turned it into anything better than a sheep.”
― Utopia
― Utopia
“Not everything that can be counted counts.
Not everything that counts can be counted.”
― Informal Sociology: a casual introduction to sociological thinking
Not everything that counts can be counted.”
― Informal Sociology: a casual introduction to sociological thinking
“To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.”
― Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
― Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
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Alexia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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