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“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”
― The Leopard
― The Leopard
“Est-ce un malheur si grand que de cesser de vivre?”
― Phèdre
― Phèdre
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“To put up with people, to keep open house with one's heart — that is liberal, but that is merely liberal. One recognizes those hearts which are capable of noble hospitality by the many draped windows and closed
shutters, they keep their best rooms empty. Why? Because they expect guests with whom one does not "put up.”
― Twilight of the Idols
shutters, they keep their best rooms empty. Why? Because they expect guests with whom one does not "put up.”
― Twilight of the Idols
“Which is better a cheap happiness or lofty suffering? Tell me then, which is better?”
― Notes from Underground & The Double
― Notes from Underground & The Double
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