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Joey’s Quotes

“Kings are the slaves of history.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

tags: kings

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“Fatigue is the safest sleeping draught.”
― Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room

tags: sleep

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“And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage. You may be proud, wise, and fine, but death will wipe you off the face of the earth as though you were no more than mice burrowing under the floor, and your posterity, your history, your immortal geniuses will burn or freeze together with the earthly globe.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: books, despair, immortality, wisdom

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“I often think how unfairly life's good fortune is sometimes distributed. ”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

tags: fortune

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“What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the willso fo the masses transferred to one person? On condition that the person express the will of the whole people. That is, power is power. That is, power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand. ”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

tags: history, humanity, power, sociology

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Bookoholics — 258 members — last activity Sep 15, 2022 05:38AM
Book Club based in Beirut. We meet at least once a month to discuss a book. We vote on lists of books and pick one or two books to read for each month ...more

Nawfaliyat نوفليّات — 546 members — last activity Jan 11, 2024 07:14AM
"نوفليّات" نافذة على عالم إصدارات نوفل تفتحها هاشيت أنطوان أمام محبّي الكتب للتعرّف على مجموعتها من الأدباء والكتّاب والمؤلّفين. إنّ موقع التواصل الأد ...more