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#1

“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars”
― Seneca

tags: latin, philosophy, stars

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#2

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: women

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#3

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: freedom, women, writing

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#4

“Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: funny

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#5

“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: funny

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#7

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

tags: wisdom

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#8

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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#9

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
― Mark Twain

tags: bookroom, books, libraries, wisdom

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#10

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon

tags: happiness, timelessness, wisdom

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#11

“Never laugh at live dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: dragons, wisdom

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#12

“Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.”
― Tennessee Williams , The Glass Menagerie

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#13

“She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

tags: humor, women, zealousness

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#14

“We meet no ordinary people in our lives.”
― C.S. Lewis; Inspirational Christian Library

tags: inspirational

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