Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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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...

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......

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...

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

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

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

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...

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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...

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

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

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

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...

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......

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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...

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...