What did Tom Stoppard mean by: Good things, when short, are twice as good. Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia Copy
+ It’s not the voting that’s democracy; it’s the counting. Author, September 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Tom Stoppard, Counting, Democracy, Voting, 0 Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia
+ Traitors hoist by their own petard?–or victims of the gods?–we shall never know! Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Tom Stoppard, Betrayal, Fate, Uncertainty, 0 Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia
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+ From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Tom Stoppard, Facts, Principles, Probability, 0 Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia
+ I take every possible side. Author, June 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Tom Stoppard, Open-mindedness, Perspective, Versatility, 0 Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia
+ When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone, on an empty shore. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Tom Stoppard, Discovery, Isolation, Loss, 0 Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia
+ Biography is the mesh through which real life escapes. Author, September 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Tom Stoppard, Identity, Representation, Truth, 0 Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia
+ Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Tom Stoppard, Capacity, Leadership, Responsibility, 0 Tom Stoppard Playwright · Czechoslovakia
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t wait to be happy to laugh… You may die and never have laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France