Quote by Virginia Woolf
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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book shown to him by heart, and his friends can only read the title. – Virginia Woolf

Other quotes by Virginia Woolf

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea. – Virginia Woolf

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Intelligence
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Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women? – Virginia Woolf

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Men
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The history of mens opposition to womens emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. – Virginia Woolf

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History
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Other Quotes from
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People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, 1841

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Self

Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Self

Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all. – Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Self

May those who are impoverished by their thoughts be blessed with the realization of the richness of their spirit. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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Self

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Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. – Marcus Aurelius

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Never wear anything that panics the cat. – P. J. ORourke

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pet

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. – Georges Bernanos

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Rights

If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. Then quit. Theres no point in being a damn fool about it. – W. C. Fields

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Success