“Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.”
― Candide
― Candide
“In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ...
It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.”
― Chess Story
It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.”
― Chess Story
“Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins. Go, and do not be afraid.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love”
― An Ideal Husband
― An Ideal Husband
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