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  • Henry Brooks Adams One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
    Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Peace: a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
    The Devil's Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Ambrose Bierce The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Elias Canetti The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Simone Weil The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Ambrose Bierce There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet - two clarionets.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Josh Billings There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Simone Weil Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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