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“We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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James’s 2025 Year in Books
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