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2026-08-12 20:11:51 UTC

“but within the next ten years Rossum’s Universal Robots will produce so much wheat, so much cloth, so much everything that things will no longer have any value. Everyone will be able to take as much as he needs. There’ll be no more poverty. Yes, people will be out of work, but by then there’ll be no work left to be done. Everything will be done by living machines. People will do only what they enjoy. They will live only to perfect themselves.”
― Karel Čapek,
R.U.R.
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/karel-capek/r-u-r/paul-selver_nigel-playfair

2026-08-11 20:44:54 UTC

"The wise can often profit by the lessons of a foe, for caution is the mother of safety. ’Tis just such a thing as one will not learn from a friend and which an enemy compels you to know. To begin with, ’tis the foe and not the friend that taught cities to build high walls, to equip long vessels of war; and ’tis this knowledge that protects our children, our slaves and our wealth."
– Aristophanes,
The Birds

2026-08-05 13:01:54 UTC

Vladimir Nabokov once admitted, "I dislike Jane Austen, and am prejudiced, in fact against all women writers. They are in another class."
Later, after reading Austen's Mansfield Park, he recanted and began teaching this novel in his literary course.
It is good to change our minds.

2026-07-28 19:57:07 UTC

If you could erase the experience of reading one book to experience it for the first time again, what book would you choose?

2026-07-27 21:16:15 UTC

If all the skies were sunshine,
Our faces would be fain
To feel once more upon them
The cooling plash of rain.
If all the world were music,
Our hearts would often long
For one sweet strain of silence.
To break the endless song.
If life were always merry,
Our souls would seek relief,
And rest from weary laughter
In the quiet arms of grief.
– Henry van Dyke Jr.
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry-van-dyke-jr/poetry
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2026-07-07 14:49:32 UTC

The Picture of Dorian Gray – 79,057 words
Antigone – 10,334 words
The Count of Monte Cristo – 461,521 words
The Great Gatsby – 48,465 words
Wuthering Heights – 116,440 words
Greatness comes in all sizes.

2026-03-31 19:44:08 UTC

I simple couldn't put it down.
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2025-09-24 17:05:45 UTC

NEW RELEASE!
Demian by Hermann Hesse
A boy goes on a journey of spiritual growth. #fiction #philosophy #spirituality
Find it in #ebook format here: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/hermann-hesse/demian/n-h-priday
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2025-07-14 19:00:13 UTC

NEW RELEASE!
A Pluralistic Universe by William James
A philosopher gives an introduction to radical empiricism and how it relates to the experienced world. #nonfiction #philosophy #ebook
Find it here: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-james/a-pluralistic-universe
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2025-05-13 20:00:42 UTC

NEW RELEASE!
What’s Wrong with the World, by G. K. Chesterton
Philosopher G. K. Chesterton comments on various social issues of his day, including property, imperialism, feminism, and education. He advocates for a different distribution of property and political power - ideas that later became known as Distributism. #nonfiction #philosophy
Find it here: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton/whats-wrong-with-the-world
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