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“Away then,” Pickering wrote, “with the trappings (as well as tricks) of the parade: Americans need them not: their eyes are not to be dazzled, nor their hearts awed into servility, by the splendour of equipage and dress: their minds are
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“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.”
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“In battle, in forest, at the precipice in the mountains,
On the dark great sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows,
In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame,
The good deeds a man has done before defend him.”
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On the dark great sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows,
In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame,
The good deeds a man has done before defend him.”
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“Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.”
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“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
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“It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
Kael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
162 books
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20 friends
1,390 books
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55 friends
160 books
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433 friends
252 books
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58 friends
144 books
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11 friends
821 books
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57 friends
0 books
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6 friends
204 books
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59 friends
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