Quote by Octavio Paz
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is th

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. – Octavio Paz

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Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. – Octavio Paz

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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz

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Were all outsiders in a way. Were all alone and can become very lonely. – Hugo Weaving

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If its true that our species is alone in the universe, then Id have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. – George Carlin

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Worse there cannot be a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed. – Joseph Hume

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I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons. – Susan Wojcicki

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