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Quote by Tom Stoppard

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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...

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

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?

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

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

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

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

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...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of...

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of...

All vendor demos are boring. It's the law, I think.

All vendor demos are boring. It's the law, I think.