Meng Liu
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“[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“I listen with attention to the judgment of all men;
but so far as I can remember,
I have followed none but my own.”
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but so far as I can remember,
I have followed none but my own.”
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“Combien de choses nous servoyent hier d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?
How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?”
― The Complete Essays
How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?”
― The Complete Essays
“It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
Meng’s 2025 Year in Books
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Biography, Classics, Fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Travel, childrens, and picture-books
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