“I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. ”
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“The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is.”
― The Closing of the American Mind
― The Closing of the American Mind
“Many biblical verses are like inkblot tests, revealing more about us than about the text in question.”
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“The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.”
― Timon of Athens
― Timon of Athens
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