Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...