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“Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Without love, it cannot be seen.”
― Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1
― Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1
“Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.”
― Seven Nights
― Seven Nights
“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
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“One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
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