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«Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own»
«The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round»
«Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.»
Author: Immanuel Kant
(Philosopher)
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«The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them»
«Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.»
«Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.»
Author: Charles Dickens
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«Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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Life
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«Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others»
Author: Virginia Woolf
(Writer)
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Literature
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