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“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know”
― The Complete Poems
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know”
― The Complete Poems
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“What followed was the largest and most rapid privatisation ever seen in any country in the world (except perhaps in the Soviet Union under Yeltsin). Never in the history of civilisation has a state's total assets and infrastructure been disposed of so rapidly and in such a criminal fashion. Its machinations make Al Capone look like a paragon of capitalist virtue.”
― Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?: The German Democratic Republic and What Became of It
― Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?: The German Democratic Republic and What Became of It
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