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“When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.”
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“Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show.”
― The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
― The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
“Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”
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