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Plateresca’s Quotes

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

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“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

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“I must have flowers, always, and always.”
― Claude Monet

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“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
― Montaigne, Les Essais

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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: life, science, wisdom

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Dickensians! — 649 members — last activity 17 minutes ago
Do you love the stories by Charles Dickens, and anything Victorian? Are you keen to chat about his books, his life, the times or places he lived in, o ...more

The Obscure Reading Group — 203 members — last activity Sep 20, 2024 04:19PM
July 2024 update: This group is going on hiatus due to low participation in recent discussions. Like a phoenix, however, it reserves the right to fly ...more

Works of Thomas Hardy — 298 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
A group to discuss all the works of Thomas Hardy, from poems to novels and everything in between. Also, this is a place to discuss the life and times ...more

The Gothic Novel Book Club <Hiatus> — 792 members — last activity Dec 20, 2021 06:15AM
Can't get enough of the supernatural? How about the dark and mysterious? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then this group is for you! E ...more

Literary Darkness — 4823 members — last activity 1 hour, 10 min ago
This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more

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