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Queen Cleopatra of Egypt

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, a short article that narrates the story of Cleopatra and her life with references to her famous career in literature, theater, and film industry. Nay, pray you, seek …

Henry Louis Mencken great reflections and thoughts about different topics, such as religion, democracy, life, love, government, philosophy, education and so on. The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the …

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One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Sigmund Freud

One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist... Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.
Stephen Hawking

Life is, in fact, a struggle. On this point pessimists and optimists agree. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty is beautiful, but rare; goodness is often apt to be weak, folly to be arrogant, and wickedness to prevail; fools in the places of honor and the best aloof; and humanity, as a whole, unhappy.
Henry James

As far as the development of human happiness is concerned I would say that egoism is the higher form of stupid ignorance that prevents it.
Carl William Brown

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Queen Cleopatra of Egypt

H.L. Mencken reflections