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…liked to act the fool and assume all sorts of surprising roles; he would do so even when he had nothing to gain, indeed, even when it could be positively to his disadvantage…This is a quirk found in many people, even very clever ones…" — Mar 21, 2026 08:47PM
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Divine justice pales before the enormity of earthly injustice and loss." — Mar 21, 2026 06:47PM
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In his view, to punish a peasant by fines or by forced labour on the estate made the man less substantial and therefore less useful to his owner; and to separate him from his family and banish him to a distant estate was even worse, for a
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“என்னுடைய பொருள்கள் என்னுடையவை; உன்னுடைய பொருள்களும் என்னுடையவை' என்று சொல்வபன் 'அதமன்'.
'என்னுடைய பொருள்கள் என்னுடையவை; உன்னுடைய பொருள்கள் உன்னுடையவை' என்று சொல்பவன் 'மத்திமன்'.
'என்னுடைய பொருள்களும் உன்னுடையவை; உன்னுடைய பொருள்களும் உன்னுடையவை' என்று சொல்பவன் 'மனிதன்'.
ஆனால், 'என்னுடைய பொருள்களும் என்னுடையவை அல்ல; உன்னுடைய பொருள்களும் உன்னுடையவை அல்ல' என்று சொல்வபவன் தான் 'ஞானி'. அந்த வாழ்க்கையை வாழ முயற்சி செய்வோம்.”
― நாளும் கற்போம்
'என்னுடைய பொருள்கள் என்னுடையவை; உன்னுடைய பொருள்கள் உன்னுடையவை' என்று சொல்பவன் 'மத்திமன்'.
'என்னுடைய பொருள்களும் உன்னுடையவை; உன்னுடைய பொருள்களும் உன்னுடையவை' என்று சொல்பவன் 'மனிதன்'.
ஆனால், 'என்னுடைய பொருள்களும் என்னுடையவை அல்ல; உன்னுடைய பொருள்களும் உன்னுடையவை அல்ல' என்று சொல்வபவன் தான் 'ஞானி'. அந்த வாழ்க்கையை வாழ முயற்சி செய்வோம்.”
― நாளும் கற்போம்
“Cold reason decrees it from her awful throne: and we in fairyland submit.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“A man chooses to have an emotion about the largeness of the world; why should he not choose to have an emotion about its smallness?”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“For decoration is not given to hide horrible things: but to decorate things already adorable.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
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