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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
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Voltaire
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible new religion.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, ...
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Erich Maria Remarque
Bez lásky je človek predsa len ako mŕtvola na dovolenke.
Bez lásky je človek predsa len ako mŕtvola na dovolenke.
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Archimedes
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a journey, not a destination.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
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Douglas Noel Adams
There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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Arthur C. Clarke
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
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Arthur C. Clarke
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
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Charles Lindbergh
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
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Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools talk because they have to say something.
Wise men talk because they have something to say;
Fools talk because they have to say something.
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Omar Khayyam — Persia
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all ...
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Wang Si-č' — China
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých, až k nim se nakloníš, po staletích a staletích, možná že ucítíš, jak smolnou vůni borovic starého smutku dech: ssaj tiše jej a pokorně a dětem svým též trochu nech!
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých,
až k nim se nakloníš,
po staletích a staletích,
možná že ucítíš,
jak smolnou vůni borovic
starého ...
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Tu Fu — China
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow May be food for the immortals, but not for men
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow
May be food for the immortals, but not for men;
The world is tough and real, my road ...
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Antonio Machado
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
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Antonio Machado
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
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T.S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the ...
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W. H. Auden
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the ...
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