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Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "Thus says the fool: "Association with men spoils the..."
Thus says the fool: "Association with men spoils the character, especially when one has none. Friedrich Nietzsche
No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them. Alan Watts
What is more, sir," his lordship went on, "I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by 'professionalism.' It appears to mean getting one's way by cheating and manipulating. It appears to mean serving the dictates of greed and advantage rather than those of goodness and the desire to see justice prevail in the world. If that is the 'professionalism' you refer to, sir, I don't care much for it and have no wish to acquire it. Kazuo Ishiguro
Nathanael West quote: "Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one..."
Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing. Nathanael West
Norman Mailer quote: "In the South of Spain, one could look to vice as quickly as to..."
In the South of Spain, one could look to vice as quickly as to virtue for a sense of tradition. Norman Mailer
Among the gifts of the Spirit, scarcely is one of greater practical usefulness than the gift of discernment. This gift should be highly valued and frankly sought as being almost indispensable in these critical times. This gift will enable us to distinguish the chaff from the wheat and to divide the manifestations of the flesh from the operations of the Spirit. Aiden Wilson Tozer
I have read a great deal of economic theory for over 50 years now, but have found only one economic "law" to which I can find NO exceptions: Where the State prevents a free market, by banning any form of goods or services, consumer demand will create a black market for those goods or services, at vastly higher prices. Can YOU think of a single exception to this law? Robert Anton Wilson
Humphrey Bogart quote: "The trouble with the world is that it's always one drink behind."
The trouble with the world is that it's always one drink behind. Humphrey Bogart
Greta Garbo quote: "I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always..."
I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I. Greta Garbo
You're never confident. You go in fear and trembling every day. It would be awfully nice to think that you know how to write a novel. But what you know is the novel you just wrote. You don't have the slightest notion how to write the one you're going to do next. Wallace Stegner
I am one who has always been interested only in the edges, the outlying regions of the body and the outlying regions of the spirit. The depths hold no interest for me; I leave them to others for they are shallow, commonplace. Yukio Mishima
Albert Camus quote: "We live in a world where one needs to choose - to be the..."
We live in a world where one needs to choose - to be the victim or the executioner, and nothing else. Albert Camus
Douglas Adams quote: "Charming man," he said. "I wish I had a daughter so I could..."
Charming man," he said. "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her to marry one... Douglas Adams
I never knew you played the banjo!" cried Harris and I, in one breath."Not exactly," replied George: "but it's very easy, they tell me; and I've got the instruction book!"From Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome
There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to life; one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our lives. If we do not live as we think, we soon begin to think as we live. The method of adjusting moral principles to the way men live is just a perversion of the order of things. Fulton J. Sheen

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