“The spirit of faction outlived the cause of faction, and became itself the new and prolific source of a useless, endless strife.”
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“And there, with an aching void in his young heart, and all outside so cold, and bare, and strange, Paul sat as if he had taken life unfurnished, and the upholsterer were never coming.”
― Dombey and Son
― Dombey and Son
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
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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
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