“And of a Sunday swarm the folk
Under the honeysuckle vine,
Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke,
The sun, the melody, the wine.”
― Émaux et Camées
Under the honeysuckle vine,
Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke,
The sun, the melody, the wine.”
― Émaux et Camées
“Tell them a lie big enough, they'll worship you as a sage. Tell them a truth big enough and they'll mock you.”
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“إنهم مجرد كائنات فاسدة ، كائنات متظاهرة بالوجود بينما في الواقع هم غير موجودين.”
― Poor Folk
― Poor Folk
“Only, I felt, by some such attempt to write history in terms of personal life could I rescue something that might be of value, some element of truth and hope and usefulness, from the smashing up of my own youth by the war.”
― Testament of Youth
― Testament of Youth
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