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Maximiliano: Memorias secretas del emperador mexicano

by Pedro J. Fernández (Goodreads Author)

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El espíritu subterráneo: Memorias del subsuelo

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Sep 25, 2025 09:07PM

“Of course we got drunk!" Semyon said. "It's okay to get drunk, Anton. If you need to real bad. Only you have to get drunk on vodka. Cognac and wine—that's all for the heart."

"So what's vodka for?"

"For the soul. If it's hurting real bad”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, Night Watch

tags: drunk, humor, inspirational, vodka

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“...recuerdo que me quede asomado a la ventana contemplando la luna sobre el agua como si fuera un libro mágico donde pudiera leer mi destino...”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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