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It amused Mrs Touchet and it interested her: how hard it proves to take occupancy of our own feelings. There is a tendency to loan them out to others, especially the dead.
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She who had worn no masks and was therefore almost impossible to understand
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The other life she might have lived, had only every single thing been different.
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Why put such a steep value on self-knowledge? Victoria veritatis est caritas. But was the victory of truth really love? Sometimes Mrs Touchet suspected Augustine of Hippo of over-egging the pudding. There are easy, self-serving truths, after all. And difficult, generous lies.
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The only force comparable to an Ainsworth enthusiasm was the speed with which it passed.
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But indefinite optimism seems inherently unsustainable: how can the future get better if no one plans for it?
Zero to One Peter Theil
Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.
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What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
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This coming child was too much for her. If it were not for William and Annie, she was sick of it, the struggle with poverty and ugliness and meanness.