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“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.”
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“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no thirdclass carriages, and one soul is as good as another.”
― Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
― Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
“The weak may not be admired and hero-worshipped; but they are by no means disliked or shunned; and they never seem to have the least difficulty in marrying people who are too good for them. They may fail in emergencies; but life is not one long emergency: it is mostly a string of situations for which no exceptional strength is needed, and with which even rather weak people can cope if they have a stronger partner to help them out.”
― Pygmalion
― Pygmalion
Ishaan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ishaan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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57 friends
652 books
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57 books
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577 books
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99 books
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295 books
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1,333 books
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121 books
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