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"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world."
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"The world is but a perpetual see-saw."
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"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
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"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself."
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"If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone."
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"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."
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"The world remains ever the same."
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"One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality."
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"The world is the puzzle, itself; but it is always in principle."
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"Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without."
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
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"The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat."
Experience
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world."
World
"Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love."
Love
"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."
History
"Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that."
Fool
"A committee is an animal with four back legs."
Committee
"If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing."
Politics
"Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie."
Writing
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