“My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of falsehood with it. People have always done so.”
― Demons
― Demons
“In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilty for another's sin. There is no isolated sin.”
― Demons
― Demons
“One must be a great man indeed to be able to hold out even against common sense."
"Or else a fool.”
― Demons
"Or else a fool.”
― Demons
“Full freedom will come only when it makes no difference whether to live or not to live. That’s the goal for everyone.”
― Demons
― Demons
“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
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