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Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desper

Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense that yearning. – Johan Huizinga

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An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic. – Johan Huizinga

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In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science. – Johan Huizinga

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At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. – Naguib Mahfouz

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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. – Joseph Addison

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Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. – Hesiod

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