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“Remember that the most beautiful things in life are often the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.”
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“The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”
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“Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.”
― The Crown of the Wild Olive. Four Lectures on Industry and War
― The Crown of the Wild Olive. Four Lectures on Industry and War
“He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.”
― Stones of Venice [introductions]
― Stones of Venice [introductions]
“I had forgotten that you are only a common boy. How should you understand reasons of the State? You must learn, child, that what would be wrong for you or for any of the common people is not wrong in a great Queen such as I. The weight of the world is on our shoulders. We must be freed from all rules. Ours is a high and lonely destiny.”
― The Magician’s Nephew
― The Magician’s Nephew
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