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Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how t...

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Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray

But the answer isn't just to intimidate people into consuming more 'serious' news; it is to push so-...

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Only an atmosphere of quiet hard work and dull, serious conversation were appropriate to him.

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Anthony PowellA Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement

I like to prowl ordinary places.I feel sorry for us all or glad for us allcaught alive togetherand a...

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Charles BukowskiPlay the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

During the whole time consumed in the slow growth of this family tree, the house of Smallweed, alway...

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And where," Socrates smiled, "is the universe?""The universe is well, there are theories about how i...

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Dan MillmanWay of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows an...

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Every novel which is truly written contributes to the total of knowledge which is there at the dispo...

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She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the tho...

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But a generation that does not aspire to seriousness, to meaning, is unworthy to walk in the shadow ...

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