"Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortalâ€”there's the trick!"

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Source : Mikhail Bulgakov (2016). “THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.28, Penguin

Mikhail Bulgakov

#Men Quotes #Half Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I am a nihilist because I still believe in truth...”
“I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.”
“The Church offers the medicine of the divine mercy so that healed souls can grasp the truth that will liberate them in the fullest meaning of human freedom.”

Source : Source: eppc.org
“I like the way men cry. They're efficient.”

Source : Kaui Hart Hemmings (2008). “The Descendants”, p.110, Random House
“The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.”
“I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still. For nothing could be better than living a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society. It took some time before I recognized this as no more than a beautiful dream; that freedom is more important than equality; that the attempt to realize equality endangers freedom; and that, if freedom is lost, there will not even be equality among the unfree.”

Source : "The Lesson of this Century: With Two Talks on Freedom and the Democratic State".
“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”
“Science, math and engineering can give you the exhilarating power to become not mere spectators or consumers, but the active explorers, makers and doers who will help invent the future.”

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