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“You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”
― The Third Man
― The Third Man
“Throughout history we humans have struggled to find meaning in the awesome contradiction of our human condition. Neither philosophy, nor psychology nor biology has, until now, been able to provide the truthful explanation.”
― FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition
― FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition
“Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.”
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“The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“Until the human condition could be resolved it was not safe to acknowledge the different roles men and women played in the journey to enlightenment. Over time it was found that the best way to control prejudices was to prevent acknowledgement of any substantial differences between the sexes. The dogma of politically correct culture emerged.”
― A Species in Denial
― A Species in Denial
Larry’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Larry’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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19 friends
19 books
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16 friends
26 books
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15 friends
13 books
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20 friends
21 books
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17 friends
23 books
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12 friends
12 books
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12 friends
15 books
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16 friends
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