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“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.”
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“The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false. ”
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“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.”
― Knowledge and Decisions
― Knowledge and Decisions
“The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”
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Nathan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Nathan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
970 books
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80 friends
1,136 books
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173 friends
341 books
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97 friends
560 books
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71 friends
619 books
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197 friends
336 books
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145 friends
875 books
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54 friends
1,143 books
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100 friends
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