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Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds
T. H. White
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T. H. White
Age: 57 †
Born: 1906
Born: May 29
Died: 1964
Died: January 17
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Terence Hanbury White
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Now, in their love, which was stronger, there were the seeds of hatred and fear and confusion growing at the same time: for love can exist with hatred, each preying on the other, and this is what gives it its greatest fury.
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You run a grave risk, my boy, said the magician, of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted.
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The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something.
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Mordred and Agravaine thought Arthur hypocritical—as all decent men must be, if you assume that decency can’t exist.
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But they woke him with words, their cruel bright weapons.
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My boy, you shall be everything in the world, animal, vegetable, mineral, protista, or virus, for all I care-before I have done with you-but you will have to trust my superior backsight. The time is not yet ripe for you to be a hawk... so you may as well sit down for the moment and learn to be a human being.
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They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.
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The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indistinguishable as democrats.
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The destiny of man is an individualistic destiny.
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Unfortunately we have tried to establish Right by Might, and you can 't do that.
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I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.
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All forms of collectivism are mistaken, according to the human skull.
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Cavall came simply, and gave him his heart and soul.
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