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Complacency Shattered

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
C

Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Moderation in Sobriety

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
M

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Knowing Modesty

In Fiction, Literary
K

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Complacency Shattered

In Fiction, Literary
C

Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Word Burrowing

In Fiction, Literary
W

Let us not burrow and delve beneath a word for a larva or a corpse.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Human Pain

In Fiction, Literary
H

The only real numbers are the numbers of human pain.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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