

“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey

“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”
― Collected Essays
― Collected Essays

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad

“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
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