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“But such is life, the silliest proverbs prove to be true, and when a man thinks, now its all right, its not all right by a long shot. Man proposes, God disposes, and theres always that last straw to break the camels back.”
—Alfred Döblin (18781957)
“Are we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.”
—Denis Diderot (17131784)
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