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“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self Reliance

tags: greatness

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“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
― William Blake

tags: love

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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: life, science, wisdom

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“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

tags: inspirational, wonder

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“You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: cigarette

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Endicott Mythic Fiction — 284 members — last activity Jul 02, 2016 11:20PM
The Endicott Mythic Fiction group is now closed. The group focused on books inspired by "myth, folklore, fairy tales, and the oral storytelling tradi ...more

Modern Greek literature - Σύγχρονη Ελληνική λογοτεχνία — 823 members — last activity Dec 08, 2021 06:19AM
Ομάδα για την προβολή και συζήτηση της σύγχρονης ελληνικής λογοτεχνίας, στα ελληνικά ή σε μετάφραση. Προσθέστε ελεύθερα τίτλους βιβλίων στην λίστα τη ...more

Arlington Icelandic and Scandinavian Book Club — 16 members — last activity Jan 02, 2010 03:42PM
Defunct Group. No longer meets in person. I keep this up for the memories. The focus is on popular contemporary Icelandic and Nordic writers, especia ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 310355 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

It All Sounds Greek To Me — 2835 members — last activity 6 hours, 23 min ago
For all Goodreads members who are interested in greek literature or in greek language. For all the Greek members who are keen on greek literature or w ...more

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