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Quote by Lawrence Durrell
Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laught

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. – Lawrence Durrell

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I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time – those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything. – Lawrence Durrell

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The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time… love lavished on absolute fools. Loves a charity ward, you know. – Lawrence Durrell

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Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. – Thomas Hobbes

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I shall never be a heretic I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men. – Martin Luther

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Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. – Ernest Hemingway

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Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. – William Wordsworth

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My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. – Anais Nin

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