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exile
«The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.»
Author: Primo Levi
(Author, Chemist, Writer)
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ambivalent, bond, emigration, exile, His country, just in case, One Country, retirement, similar, ties
«The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept their old language, Hebrew. They kept their Aramaic, later their Yiddish; they kept their books; they kept their faith.»
«RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them. In the lines following, addressed to an Emperor in exile by Father Gassalasca Jape, the reverend poet appears to hint his sense of the improduence of turning about to face Retribution when it is talking exercise:What, what! Dom Pedro, you desire to go Back to Brazil to end your days in quiet? Why, what assurance have you 'twould be so?'Tis not so long since you were in a riot, And your dear subjects showed a will to fly at Your throat and shake you like a rat. You know That empires are ungrateful; are you certain Republics are less handy to get hurt in?»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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addressed, assurance, brazil, brimstone, come in handy, DOM, Dom Pedro, emperor, empires, exile, fire and brimstone, firing line, handier, Handy, hint, hints, jape, Long line, Pedro, procured, retribution, retributions, Reverend, riot, shelter, showed, subjects, talk show, throat, ungrateful
«We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others.»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
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carry, carrying out, carry over, carry through, crimes, exile, exiled, exiles, fight, places, ravage, ravaged, ravages, task, The Exile, unleash, unleashed, unleashes, Unleashing
«To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile?»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
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cruel, exile, exiled, exiles, find oneself, manage, The Exile, ultimate
«They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, tr»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
despotism, exile, exiled, exiles, free spirit, oppression, pleased, rebels, slavery, The Exile
«Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
aged, Die in, exile, exiled, exiles, lumber, lumbering, lumbers, lumber room, middle-aged, mortgage, mortgaged, mortgages, mortgaging, The Exile, The Lord of, waiting room
«Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
contributes, employment, exile, exiles, honorable, One Family, to advantage