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In the twentieth century, power announced itself. In the twenty-first, the surest way to spot real power is by its understatement.
“Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.”
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“For writers it is always said that the first twenty years of life contain the whole of experience – the rest is observation”
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“One day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second.”
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“With friends, one is well; but at home, one is better.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“I go to seek a great perhaps”
― The General in His Labyrinth
― The General in His Labyrinth
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