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one could reconcile oneself to existence only because it was meaningless.
“decades.”
― The Problem of China
― The Problem of China
“activity.”
― The Problem of China
― The Problem of China
“Ambition was what they were alarmed by, for to be ambitious was to court failure and to risk making a fool of oneself. The worst thing, I gathered, the worst thing that could happen in this life was to have people laughing at you.”
― Lives of Girls and Women: A coming-of-age classic from the Nobel Prize-winning writer
― Lives of Girls and Women: A coming-of-age classic from the Nobel Prize-winning writer
“What good is it if you read Plato and never clean your toilet?”
― Lives of Girls and Women: A coming-of-age classic from the Nobel Prize-winning writer
― Lives of Girls and Women: A coming-of-age classic from the Nobel Prize-winning writer
“What I mean is the habit of regarding mankind as raw material, to be moulded by our scientific manipulation into whatever form may happen to suit our fancy. The essence of the matter, from the point of view of the individual who has this point of view, is the cultivation of will at the expense of perception, the fervent moral belief that it is our duty to force other people to realize our conception of the world.”
― The Problem of China
― The Problem of China
Xiangyi’s 2025 Year in Books
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