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“A good pursued too inflexibly may turn into a granite evil.”
― The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
― The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
“If utterance is denied, the thought lies like a burden on the man.”
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“So many people make a name now-a-days, that it is more distinguished to remain in obscurity.”
― A Pair of Blue Eyes
― A Pair of Blue Eyes
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
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“For who owns that car, or that washing machine, or that apartment? Not the man himself. The banks own them, the insurance companies, ultimately the State. They are his only on credit, on sufferance. Every month he lops off a bit of his life and labor and mails it to the bank, or the credit card company, or the Government. He is in thrall; and there is no foreseeable end to it.”
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Patrick’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Patrick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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