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“To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.”

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Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French novelist and cartoonist, renowned for her graphic novel 'Persepolis'. Born on November 22, 1969, in Tehran, Iran, her work primarily focuses on the experiences of Iranian women and the effects of political and social transformations in Iran. more

“It is said that what is called "the spirit of an age" is something to which one cannot return. That this spirit gradually dissipates is due to the world's coming to an end. For this reason, although one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation.”

World Years Said Important Ends Reason Done Age Today Spirit Generations Return Hundred Dues Today's World Coming To An End

Book:Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

“How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.”

Ifs Should Passion Stars Return Equal Affection

Author:W. H. Auden

“There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.”

States Dies Choices Citizens Police Hunger Love One Another

Author:W. H. Auden

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