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The real history of consciousness starts with ones first lie. - Jo

The real history of consciousness starts with ones first lie. – Joseph Brodsky

Other quotes by Joseph Brodsky

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change – within himself, not on the outside. – Joseph Brodsky

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Change
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Joseph Brodsky
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It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. – Joseph Brodsky

Category:
Exile
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Joseph Brodsky
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Other Quotes from
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History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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History

History shows that there are no invincible armies. – Joseph Stalin

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History

Robots have a rich and storied history in movies. – John Podhoretz

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History

Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again. – Cat Stevens

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History

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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship. – Herbert Spencer

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relationship

Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington. – Dorothy Day

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Tradition

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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Virtue

The very definition of beauty is outside. – Adam Carolla

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Beauty