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“On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. The soul of the murderer is blind; and there can be no true goodness nor true love without the utmost clear-sightedness.”
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“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
― Rights of Man
― Rights of Man
“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.”
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Derek’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Derek’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
7 books
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13 friends
122 books
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17 friends
746 books
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19 friends
1,168 books
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98 friends
2 books
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36 friends
55 books
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0 books
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18 friends
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