Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

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

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

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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.

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...

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

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......

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

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...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

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...

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......

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...

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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

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

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...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...