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“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.”
― Istanbul: Memories and the City
― Istanbul: Memories and the City
“there's time for laughing and there's time for crying—
for hoping for despair for peace for longing
—a time for growing and a time for dying:
a night for silence and a day for singing
but more than all(as all your more than eyes
tell me)there is a time for timelessness”
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for hoping for despair for peace for longing
—a time for growing and a time for dying:
a night for silence and a day for singing
but more than all(as all your more than eyes
tell me)there is a time for timelessness”
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“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ”
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“Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.”
― Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
― Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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