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“The ideal architect should be a man of letters, a skillful draftsman, a mathematician, familiar with historical studies, a diligent student of philosophy, acquainted with music, not ignorant of medicine, learned in the responses of jurisconsults, familiar with astronomy and astronomical calculations.”
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“To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much
Just remember two main rules for the beginning:
You better starve, than eat whatever
And better be alone, than with whoever.”
― Rubaiyat
Just remember two main rules for the beginning:
You better starve, than eat whatever
And better be alone, than with whoever.”
― Rubaiyat

“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not the possession of but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”
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“If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.”
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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more

I like to read nonfiction history books about Eastern Europe and Russia from all different time periods. I would love to have interested people to dis ...more

Anyone who is interested in German literature is welcome in this group :) The focus is on contemporary German authors even though classical works won’ ...more
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