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The year was 1882. Only two years earlier, Edison had patented a system for electricity distribution using direct current generators, which produced a flow of electricity in one direction.
“Without the interplay of human against human, the chief interest in life is gone; most of the intellectual values are gone; most of the reason for living is gone.”
― The Naked Sun
― The Naked Sun
“忠厚老实人的恶毒，像饭里的沙砾或者出骨鱼片里未净的刺，会给人一种不期待的伤痛。”
― Fortress Besieged
― Fortress Besieged
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
― The Importance of Living
― The Importance of Living
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live”
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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