'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it. ' - Barry Hughart

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Do good to another man, even when they do not do you good; another will certainly do you good. if there is still shame and fear in one's heart to do good, there will certainly be no progress at all.

Barry Hughart

'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it. '

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Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

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Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we cannot understand, and since we cannot understand we must do the best we can with faith. which is our only talent. The greatest act of faith we are capable of is that of loving another more than we love ourselves, and occasionally we can be quite good at it.

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Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

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A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.

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I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

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You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore?" called Voldemort, his scarlet eyes narrowed. "Above such brutality, are you?" "We both know that there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom," Dumbledore said calmly. "Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit - " "There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" snarled Voldemort. "You are quite wrong," said Dumbledore, speaking as lightly as though they were discussing the matter over drinks. "Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.

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