Quotes Sempiternal
Favorite Quotes
Borrowed words that stuck. Philosophers, novelists, and the occasional cartoon.
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“Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiteur" (The world wants to be deceived, and so it shall)”Petronius
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“Some causes happiness wherever they go, some whenever”Oscar wilde
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“Smile...because it confuses people...because it's easier than explaining what's killing you inside”The joker
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“I'd rather be hated for who I am than being loved for who I'm not”kurt cobain
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“Same Thing Make Us Laugh, Make Us Cry”Big Smoke
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“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”Reinhold Niebuhr
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“I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that makes you feel alone”Robin Williams
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“Necesse est aut imiteris aut oderis. Utrumque autem devitandum est; neve similis malis fias, quia multi sunt, neve inimicus multis, quia dissimiles sunt. (You must either imitate the world or hate it. But both are to be avoided; do not become like the evil ones, because they are many, nor be an enemy to many, because they are different)”Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 7:7
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“If you are the head that floats atop the Ziggurat, then the stairs that lead to you must be infinite. And infinite stairs are unacceptable”Earl of Lemongrab
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“How can a man of consciousness have the slightest respect for himself?”Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground
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“Even if I overcome everything that pains me… I am no longer who I used to be.”Dostoevsky
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“People who are brought together by a shared tragedy feel a certain relief when they gather.”Anton Chekhov
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“Only what we want to forget remains in memory.”Dostoevsky
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“When they betray you, it’s as if they’ve cut off your arms—you can forgive them, but you can’t embrace them.”Tolstoy
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“Nothing reforms a person as much as the memory of their past regrets.”Dostoevsky
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“Winter is cold for those who have no warm memories, but I believe it is even colder for those who have them without their owners.”Dostoevsky
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“In my opinion, the best moment in an acquaintance is the one just before farewell.”Dostoevsky
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“I may not have remarkable victories, but I can amaze you with the defeats I survived.”Chekhov
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“Those who insist on sitting by the window often know nothing about the details of the road.”Lermontov