All Quotes By Tag: Social-commentary
“Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.”
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“I alternate between feeling sympathetic toward humanity and being a misanthrope. When I’m sympathetic, it usually means I haven’t been around people in awhile.”
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“It’s not oil that runs the world, it’s shame.”
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“Welcome to Hell. Here’s your accordion.”
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“We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing”
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“Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me…only he’s an imbecile.”
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“I can’t give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you’d set it on fire.”
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“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
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“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
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“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
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“Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”
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