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Rex
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(translated verse) A man bent on his own destruction—what pretext would he not use?" — Jul 06, 2026 05:21AM
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…liked to act the fool and assume all sorts of surprising roles; he would do so even when he had nothing to gain, indeed, even when it could be positively to his disadvantage…This is a quirk found in many people, even very clever ones…" — Mar 21, 2026 08:47PM
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Divine justice pales before the enormity of earthly injustice and loss." — Mar 21, 2026 06:47PM
The farther I go back in my memory of the past, and the nearer I get to remembering incidents connected with my childhood, the more confused and doubtful do my recollections become.
“It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of history. The legend is generally made by the majority of people in the village, who are sane. The book is generally written by the one man in the village who is mad.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.”
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As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.”
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“Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“An army is a strange contrivance in which power is the sum of a vast total of impotence.”
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“I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.”
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