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“Virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private.”
― Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.
― Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.

“What was she? A dream? A fairy-tale?”
― Spring Torrents
― Spring Torrents

“Whatever is destined to happen is going to happen, no matter how you try to stop it. And whatever is destined not to happen will never happen, no
matter how much you try to make it happen. (p. 194)”
― Silence of the Heart: Dialogues with Robert Adams
matter how much you try to make it happen. (p. 194)”
― Silence of the Heart: Dialogues with Robert Adams

“What are we to do now? Must we hate the enemy to the end of time? The burden of hatred is the heaviest that man can bear upon this earth; and we should faint under the weight of it. On the other hand, we do not wish once more to be the dupes and victims of confidence and love.”
― The Wrack of the Storm
― The Wrack of the Storm

“There are three things in the world that are unclear to me, and a fourth one I do not comprehend: the path of an eagle in the sky, a snake on a rock, a ship at sea, and the path of a man to the heart of a woman.”
― The Garnet Bracelet, other stories and novellas
― The Garnet Bracelet, other stories and novellas

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