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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished

The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished masterpiece. – Vladimir Nabokov

Other quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know. – Vladimir Nabokov

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teacher
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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. – Vladimir Nabokov

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The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Life is tough, but its tougher when youre stupid. – John Wayne

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Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you dont do that by sitting around. – Katharine Hepburn

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Life is wasted on the living. – Douglas Adams

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Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book. – David Deutsch

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The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. – Washington Irving

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But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power. – Friedrich List

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It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. – Grace Hopper

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