Quote by Rebecca West
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobi

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. – Rebecca West

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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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History
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Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts. – Rebecca West

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Music
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Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – Confucius

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Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. – Groucho Marx

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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness. – Henry David Thoreau

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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. – Aristotle

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