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“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.”
― A Passage to India
― A Passage to India
“The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
“Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul...”
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
“Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
“La mémoire de la plupart des hommes est un cimetière abandonné, où gisent sans honneurs des morts qu'ils ont cessé de chérir. Toute douleur prolongée insulte à leur oubli.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
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