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“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”
― Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
― Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
“Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.”
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“Yesterday is but a dream,
Tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.”
― The Complete Works of Kalidasa, Vol. 1: Poems
Tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.”
― The Complete Works of Kalidasa, Vol. 1: Poems
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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