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Vita nuova
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In quella parte del libro de la mia memoria, dinanzi a la quale poco si potrebbe leggere, si trova una rubrica la quale dice: "Incipit vita nova". Sotto la quale rubrica io trovo scritte le parole le quali è mio intendimento d'asemplare in
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In that part of my book of memories, in the front that little part that can barely be read, there is a heading which says "Here Begins the New Life." Under that heading I find written the words it is my intention to put into this little book; and if not in all, at least their essence.
“Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.”
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“One has a moral obligation to take responsibility for one’s actions, and that includes one’s words and silences, yes, one’s silences, because silences rise to heaven too, and God hears them, and only God understands and judges them, so one must be very careful with one’s silences.”
― By Night in Chile
― By Night in Chile
“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.”
― Istanbul: Memories and the City
― Istanbul: Memories and the City
“This book is a drama, whose leading personage is the Infinite.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“The embodied soul is eternal in existence, indestructible, and infinite, only the material body is factually perishable, therefore fight O Arjuna.”
― The Bhagavad Gita
― The Bhagavad Gita
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