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We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past.

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Joseph Brodsky

When Thomas Mann arrived in California from Germany, they asked him about German literature. And he said, 'German literature is where I am. ' It's really a bit grand, but if a German can afford it, I can afford it.

Arrived, Asked, California, Germany, Literature, Said
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Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe. . . that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.

Believe, Grief, Harder, Political, Reading, Shoot

When the eye fails to find beauty-alias solace-it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness.

Body, Eye, Failing, Ugliness

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

Delight, Delightful, Everyone, Friend, Friendship, People

The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even - if you will - eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with.

Evil, Extreme, Feigned, Happiness, Thinking

For darkness restores what light cannot repair.

Criminal Mind, Darkness, Light, Repair, Restores
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