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“It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits - like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying through the stratosphere or landing on the moon.
First-rate pursuits - involving, as they must, trying to understand what life is about and trying to convey that understanding - inevitably result in a sense of failure. A Napoleon, a Churchill, a Roosevelt can feel themselves to be successful, but never a Socrates, a Pascal, a Blake.
Understanding is forever unattainable. Therein lies the inevitability of failure in embarking upon its quest, which is none the less the only one worthy of serious attention.”
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First-rate pursuits - involving, as they must, trying to understand what life is about and trying to convey that understanding - inevitably result in a sense of failure. A Napoleon, a Churchill, a Roosevelt can feel themselves to be successful, but never a Socrates, a Pascal, a Blake.
Understanding is forever unattainable. Therein lies the inevitability of failure in embarking upon its quest, which is none the less the only one worthy of serious attention.”
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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
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Vicky’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vicky’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
690 books
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89 friends
337 books
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36 friends
254 books
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41 friends
106 books
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48 friends
14 books
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52 friends
3 books
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17 friends
9 books
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21 friends
1 book
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45 friends
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