Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little.
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It is absurd of us to rely on the company of our fellows, as wretched and helpless as we are; they will not help us; we shall die alone. We must act then as if we were alone. If that were so, would we build superb houses, etc.? We should unhesitatingly look for the truth. And, if we refuse, it shows that we have a higher regard for men's esteem than for pursuing the truth.
Blaise Pascal
You don't like it?" asked Luca, who loves this stuff. I bet Gandhi never ate lamb intestines in his life," I said. He could have."No, he couldn't have, Luca. Gandhi was a vegetarian."But vegetarians CAN eat this," Luca insisted. "Because intestines aren't even meat, Liz. They're just shit.
Elizabeth Gilbert