Tao Te Ching

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Bone Clocks

By David Mitchell

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“… from such an array of vultures, from feudal lords to slave traders to oligarchs to neocons to predators like you. All of you strangle your consciences, and ethically you strike yourselves dumb.”

Chapters: 53. Shameless Thieves

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“"If you could reason with religious people, there wouldn’t be any religious people."”

Chapters: 56. One with the Dust

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“A wealthy upbringing compounds stupidity while a hardscrabble childhood dilutes it.”

Chapters: 46. Enough

Themes: Wealth

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“He who pays the historian calls the tune.”

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Themes: History

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“In an individual, selfishness uglifies the world; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.”

Chapters: 68. Joining Heaven & Earth

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“Men invented money. Women invented mutual aid.”

Chapters: 44. Fame and Fortune

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“So winners are the real losers because they learn nothing?… If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term.”

Chapters: 2. The Wordless Teachings

Themes: Success

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“The difference between reading a love poem and being in love.”

Chapters: 5. Christmas Trees

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“The lie that happiness is about borrowing money you haven’t got to buy crap you don’t need”

Chapters: 53. Shameless Thieves

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“Your life amounted to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean… yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops.”

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