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21 " Debates are for ignoble souls such as yourself who are anxious to achieve distinction. "
― Osamu Dazai , Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
22 " We are not children; we might exchange empty theories until we’re out of breath and merely end up adhering all the more stubbornly to our respective views "
23 " The recognition of any reality begins with trust. "
24 " The recognition of any reality begins with trust. And the source of all trust is love for one’s fellow man. "
25 " You may wish to give the name ‘honesty’ to what others would call dimwittedness, but leave it to such ‘honest men’ as yourselves to deceive the world with your fabulous dreams and superstitions. "
26 " Poverty and scholarship have always gone hand in hand, it seems, and one can’t help but wonder why that might be. "
27 " I’ve been subjected to ridicule and derision every day of my life. In spite of which, did I not take courage and boldly present myself at that examination? Yes! Only to fail miserably... In a world like this, where the brazen, the shameless, the evil-hearted alone prosper, a weak and penniless scholar like myself is destined forever to be a failure and a laughingstock. "
28 " Ah, to be one of those crows, who know nothing of wealth and poverty! "