"Let's go; and follow your mistake."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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— Jef Murray

Art1960–2015

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"And a quick glance in the mirror turns out to be a mistake. Oh God, is that my face?"

— Delia Ephron

Literature1944

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Law1929–2014

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