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"Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune."
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"It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein."
Literature
"After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it."
Act
"It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history."
History
"The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history."
History
"Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything."
Interest
"Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey."
Fiction
"Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune."
Fortune
"To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement."
Character
"When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing."
Identity
"Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey."
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"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves."
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Personal Development
"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
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Personal Development
"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."
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"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."
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"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."
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"Accidental wisdom is better than willful folly."
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Personal Development
"I'm as lucky as a bed of oysters on cioppino night."
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Personal Development
"The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune."
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Personal Development
"There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune."
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"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."
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