“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“To be a man, to have been born without knowing it or wanting it, to be thrown into the ocean of existence, to be obliged to swim, to exist; to have an identity; to resist the pressure and shocks from the outside and the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts - one's own and those of others - which so often exceed one's capacities? And what is more, to endure one's own thoughts about all this: in a word, to be human.”
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“Come now, don't make such a funeral face. It isn't dying that's sad; it's living when you're not happy.”
― Le Jardin des supplices
― Le Jardin des supplices
“Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.”
― Above The Battle
― Above The Battle
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