Quotes

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Making friends

To find a friend one must close one eye; to keep him — two. (Norman Douglas) I'm not sure what does it mean by closing one eye when making friends. Does it mean that one should lower their expectations when looking for friends, or be a bit more amenable, or accomodating ? I've …

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What business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours ? (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) I came across this quote today, when I was reading, The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin. It's an amazing book. The quote is pretty simple, and yet pretty profound. It felt Stoic to me in that, one is mentioning…