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“Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.”
― The Portrait of a Lady
― The Portrait of a Lady
“If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.”
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“The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is really a tragedy; but gone through in detail it has the character of a comedy.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”
― Counsels and Maxims
― Counsels and Maxims
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