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There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that th

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. – 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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I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. Ive been much happier unmarried than married. – Doris Lessing

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After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books. – Albert Camus

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It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. – Jerome K. Jerome

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Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. – John Berger

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Mechanization best serves mediocrity. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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