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1 " For it’s human nature even in the direst extremity to see a spark of hope and blow it into flames. "
― Leo Perutz , By Night Under the Stone Bridge
2 " Quando la morte va al mercato compra di tutto. Niente per lei è troppo piccolo, troppo poco. "
3 " But, when you’ve swallowed what’s stuck in your throat, tell me who’s the first to notice the rain in this part of the world. "
4 " Busy thyself with the secrets of wisdom and knowledge, thus thou shalt overcome the fear of the morrow in thee. "
5 " For my most gracious master still called me redhead, though my hair was already churchyard-coloured. "
6 " And they say he’s so rich that he spreads sugar on his honey. "
7 " Da uno che non sa ridere non ci si può aspettare misericordia. "
8 " They say a deaf man heard a dumb man talking about a blind man who saw a cripple walking the tightrope.” He "
9 " His neighbours said that if Berl Landfahrer started dealing in candles the sun would stop setting, and that if it rained ducats he would be indoors, and if it rained stones he’d be out in the street. "
10 " There wasn’t a stick over which he didn’t stumble, and if he had bread he wouldn’t have a knife, and if he had both bread and a knife he wouldn’t be able to find the salt. His "
