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It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the inte

It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. – Doris Lessing

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For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying. – Doris Lessing

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alone
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Its lovely to have money to give away – thats the bonus of winning the Nobel. – Doris Lessing

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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasnt that terrible. – Doris Lessing

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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. – Aristotle

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I am of the Buddhists. The great Teacher comes periodically. He is followed by pupils who corrupt the texts and then a new Buddha must be born to reëstablish the truth. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. – Thomas Mann

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Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. – Khalil Gibran

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