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“One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence”
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“You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events of some sorts, frogs and lizards suddenly grew on apple and orange trees instead of fruit, or if roses began to smell like a sweating horse; so I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you.”
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Merlin Stemmer’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Merlin Stemmer’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
432 books
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30 friends
400 books
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32 friends
71 books
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10 friends
104 books
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44 friends
1 book
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18 friends
287 books
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36 friends
54 books
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8 friends
0 books
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10 friends
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