"The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it."

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Source : "Pamela". Book by Carlo Goldoni, I. 14, 1750.

Carlo Goldoni

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“I smoked some weed, and that's how I finished 'Izzo.'”
“Maybe being oneself is an acquired taste. For a writer it's a big deal to bow--or kneel or get knocked down--to the fact that you are going to write your own books and not somebody else's. Not even those books of the somebody else you thought it was your express business to spruce yourself up to be.”
“Bush has said something new. He said, "If I will be president again, I will be a man of peace and serenity." May the Lord curse the liars, wherever they may be.”
“President-elect [Donald] Trump has made a provocative choice for secretary of education. Betsy DeVos comes from a wealthy Michigan family. She is an advocate for school choice. That phrase means, in essence, directing public education money to charter schools, private schools or parochial schools.”
“I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual relations. I'm faithful in my friendship, my admiration.”
“All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!.”
“Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. But against the emerald carpet, the warriors make war, and it is like a dance, almost beautiful, always macabre. The noise brings me back, the fearsome noise of swords striking swords, a metallic clanging that rings in my ears, echoing and echoing the fearsome din of men screaming and crying as they meet the sharp ends of blades.”

Source : Lisa Ann Sandell (2008). “Song of the Sparrow”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.
“When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing.”

Source : "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.

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