“They say: sufferings are misfortunes," said Pierre. 'But if at once this minute, I was asked, would I remain what I was before I was taken prisoner, or go through it all again, I should say, for God's sake let me rather be a prisoner and eat horseflesh again. We imagine that as soon as we are torn out of our habitual path all is over, but it is only the beginning of something new and good. As long as there is life, there is happiness. There is a great deal, a great deal before us.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Nessun maggior dolore
che ricordarsi del tempo felice
nella miseria...”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
che ricordarsi del tempo felice
nella miseria...”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”
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“What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.”
― Julius Caesar
― Julius Caesar
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