3719141627 | "There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn." | The Myth of Sisyphus | 0 | |
3719148675 | "Well, personally, I've seen enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves." | The Plague (Rieux) | 1 | |
3719178028 | "...what suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering, if you don't mind me saying so. Anyway, there's enough of that to live with naturally without piling a mountain of injustice on top." | The Fixer (Yakov) | 2 | |
3719182507 | "Where's reason? Where's justice? What does Spinoza say- that it's the purpose of the state to preserve a man's peace and security so he can do his day's work." | The Fixer (Yakov thinking) | 3 | |
3719193954 | "If a man is bound to Necessity where does freedom come from?" | The Fixer (Bibikov) | 4 | |
3719201365 | "...I have lost my peace... So that is why I resolved to have no truck with anything which, directly or indirectly, for good reasons or for bad, brings death to anyone or justifies others' putting him to death." | The Plague (Tarrou) | 5 | |
3719216339 | "Survivors do not choose their fate and would escape it if they could." | The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps (Terrence Des Pres) | 6 | |
3719221031 | "...because the traditional hero chooses to find consummation in death, he controls the condition for his fulfillment." | The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps (Terrence Des Pres) | 7 | |
3719224019 | "To keep life and decency intact is the limit of their achievement... by choosing not only to live, but to live humanly, they take upon themselves the burden of an action requiring much will and courage, much clear-sightedness and faith in life." | The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps (Terrence Des Pres) | 8 | |
3719252858 | "A fellow almost damned in a fair wife" | Iago | 9 | |
3719254918 | "...I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" | Iago | 10 | |
3719259139 | "...one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you" | Iago | 11 | |
3719264858 | "She swore... 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange" | Othello | 12 | |
3719268023 | "...as tenderly be led by the nose as asses are" | Iago | 13 | |
3719272356 | "I am nothing if not critical" | Iago | 14 | |
3719275460 | "To suckle fools and chronicle small beer" | Iago | 15 | |
3719279304 | "When devils will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows" | Iago | 16 | |
3719283616 | "Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, is the immediate jewel of their souls." | Iago | 17 | |
3719286832 | "O, beware my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster" | Iago | 18 | |
3719290006 | "Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ." | Iago | 19 | |
3719295271 | ''Not poppy not mandragora, nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep which thou ow'dst yesterday. | Iago | 20 | |
3719298115 | "O, now, for ever farewell the tranquil mind... Othello's occupation's gone!" | Othello | 21 | |
3719300110 | "Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell." | Othello | 22 | |
3719306079 | "It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul." | Othello | 23 | |
3719306813 | "She was false as water." | Othello | 24 | |
3719308894 | "As ignorant as dirt!" | Emilia | 25 | |
3719313700 | "Here is my journey's end, here is my butt, and very seamark of my utmost sail." | Othello | 26 | |
3719314538 | "one that loved not wisely, but too well" | Othello | 27 |
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