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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
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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.”
― Self Reliance
― Self Reliance
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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“To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is."
[The Title Always Comes Last; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]”
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[The Title Always Comes Last; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]”
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Cody’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Cody’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,364 books
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814 friends
2,089 books
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107 friends
353 books
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1,366 friends
3,797 books
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222 friends
3,147 books
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4,993 friends
804 books
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1,853 friends
1,969 books
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318 friends
2,307 books
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3,858 friends
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