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This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form) Albert Einstein
...is it not a duty to the survivors that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro— And what should they know of England who only England know? The English Flag, Stanza 1 (1891) Rudyard Kipling
Ann Patchett quote: "shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not..."
shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us Ann Patchett
The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes, should be one of the principal studies and endeavours of our lives. Thomas Jefferson
Unique and different is the new generation of beautiful… You dont have to be like everybody else. In fact I don’t think you should. Taylor Swift
Much of current speculation about the nature of ETIs--what level of technology have you achieved?, etc.--is misguided. The first question an earthling should ask of an ETI is not: What is the level of your science? but rather: Did it also happen to you? Do you have a self? If so, how do you handle it? Did you suffer a catastrophe. Walker Percy
When the Comrades classified my conduct and my smile as intellectual (another notorious pejorative of the times), I actually came to believe them because I couldnt imagine (I wasnt bold enough to imagine it) that anyone else might be wrong, that the Revolution itself, the spirit of the times, might be wrong and I, an individual, might be right. I began to keep tabs on my smiles, and soon I felt a tiny crack opening up between the person I had been and the person I should be (according to the... Milan Kundera
Jane Austen quote: "If a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or..."
If a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. Jane Austen
Objects should not touch because they are not alive. You use them, put them back in place, you live among them: they are useful, nothing more. But they touch me, it is unbearable. I am afraid of being in contact with them as though they were living beasts. Jean-Paul Sartre
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen. …there is in life an element of elfin coincidence which people on the prosaic may perpetually miss. …wisdom should not reckon on the unforeseen. Gilbert K. Chesterton
But when friends would ask Kathy whether they, too, should start their own business, she talked them out of it. You don’t run the business, she would say. The business runs you. Dave Eggers
Lois McMaster Bujold quote: "I wonder if we should add a box to tick off -- Reason for..."
I wonder if we should add a box to tick off -- Reason for travel: creepy planetary conquest... no, I suppose not. Lois McMaster Bujold
Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him. Plato
Does he think to scare me? Arya kissed him where his nose should be and plucked the grave worm from his eye to eat it, but it melted like a shadow in her hand. The yellow skull was melting too, and the kindliest old man that she had ever seen was smiling down on her. "No one has ever tried to eat my worm before," he said. "Are you hungry, child?"Yes, she thought, but not for food. George R. R. Martin

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