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“He had awakened at five that morning, as the condemned man awakens at dawn on the day of his execution,”
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“Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“The greatest work of fiction by any man”
― The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time
― The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time
“The closer he gets to the stable, the faster the tired horse gallops,” said Ishvar, and Om nodded.”
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“Schopenhauer wrote, ‘Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
― Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
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