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In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life of one man was insufficient for even the smallest part of the wonders that lay within. It is cruel that we are granted the desire to know, but denied the time to do so properly. We all die frustrated; it is the greatest lesson we have to learn. ↗

— Iain Pears

#insufficiency #knowledge #learning #life-lessons #wonder

The absolutely awesome incredible power of belief is the genie in your life. ↗

— Eldon Taylor

#genie #life #power #life

I don't know how one should live - but I know that one should live..... ↗

— Glen Duncan

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If someone should ask, "how should an Opposition function?" the best answer would be, "in the manner of a traditional mother-in-law who watches the performance of household work by a daughter-in-law and follows her about with her comments. ↗

— R.K. Narayan

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No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it. ↗

— R.K. Narayan

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Sto lavorando duro per preparare il mio prossimo errore. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life. ↗

— Georges F. Doriot

#risk #life

The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character – with the perennial problem of the inner order of the soul, the restoration of the ethical understanding, and the religious sanction upon which any life worth living is founded. This is conservatism at its highest. ↗

— Russell Kirk

#conservatism #life

I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#rainer-maria-rilke #life

Julie Czerneda's inner editor says, 'One day her expectations will meet reality and actually get along. ↗

— Julie E. Czerneda

#slice-of-life #life