“I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep.”
― Villette
― Villette
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
“Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.”
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“And the more I drink the more I feel it. That's why I drink too. I try to find sympathy and feeling in drink.... I drink so that I may suffer twice as much!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
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