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“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
― Les Essais
― Les Essais
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.”
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