an aphorism of hippocrates
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"i opened the book, picking a passage at random, and came across a tale about alexander the great. the emperor, as the story went, received as a gift some wondrous glass dishes. he liked the gifts very much, but smashed them all nonetheless. "why? are they not beautiful?" he was asked. "precisely because of that," he answered. "they are so beautiful that it would be hard for me to lose them. and with time they would break, one by one. and i would be sorrier than i am now."
the tale was naive but it still astonished me. its lesson was bitter: one should renounce everything he might ever begin to love, because loss and disappointment are inevitable. we must renounce love in order not to lose i…
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ars longa, vita brevis
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users' favorite quotes
life is short, and art is long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.
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istanbul
home.
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respect
respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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users' favorite poems
yet each man kills the thing he loves,
by each let this be heard,
some do it with a bitter look,
some with a flattering word,
the coward does it with a kiss,
the brave man with a sword!
some kill their love when they are young,
and some when they are old;
some strangle with the hands of gold:
the kindest use a knife, because
the dead so soon grow cold.
some love too little, some too long,
some sell and others buy;
some do the deed with many tears,
and some without a sigh:
for each man kills the thing he loves,
yet each man does not die.
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cubism
this art movement started with pablo picasso's les demoiselles d'avignon painting. saw it in the collection of the museum of modern art. image
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pilaf
a very delicious rice dish. azerbaijani version:
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but uzbek version is one of my favorite dishes:
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ngl
not gonna lie.
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op
original poster.
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latrine
means public toilet in ancient times. the public toilets of ephesus
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python (programming language)
a programming language that was used for coding udictio.
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pillow talk
the most sincere and fun way of conversation.
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milton van sant
"i'm going to walk to the bridge. if one person smiles at me on the way, i won't jump."
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the athletic
acquired by the new york times for $550 million.
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spruiker
if you don't ignore these people in turkey, you will probably end up losing all of your money.