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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. – Simone Weil

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil

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Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace. – Simone Weil

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Take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

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Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell, Autobiography, 1967

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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps, millions, think. – Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1819

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The first requisite for immortality is death. – Stanislaw J. Lec

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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. – Erica Jong

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Blows are sarcasms turned stupid. – George Eliot

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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing? – Samuel Goldwyn

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