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“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”
― Francis Bacon

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“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
― Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

tags: death, life, music

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”
― John Locke

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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

tags: inspirational, religion

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Classics and the Western Canon — 4943 members — last activity 3 hours, 22 min ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more

Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die — 22015 members — last activity 52 minutes ago
For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 10 ...more

Books I Loathed — 1948 members — last activity Feb 18, 2025 09:17AM
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more

Fiction parodies — 58 members — last activity Apr 11, 2017 12:18AM
Add your parody of a novel, fiction writer, or short story published in the past 100 years (it is now 2014)

Joseph Campbell discussion group — 95 members — last activity May 30, 2023 12:36PM
Discussion about Joseph Campbell and his work and mythological meaning for today.

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