Author of quotes: James Joyce. Page 1



At a turning point in human existence, he longed to correct many circumstances of public life, the consequences of inequality, greed and discord between peoples.
Quote Explanation: About Leopold Bloom
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How successful was his attempt at direct teaching? She did not catch completely, but partially, she listened with interest, comprehended with surprise, repeated with diligence, remembered with difficulty, easily forgot, repeatedly remembered with apprehension, repeated again with a mistake.
Quote Explanation: About Leopold Bloom's wife
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She endlessly, at various intervals, asked how to correctly write the second of the capital letters in the name of the city in America, New York. She was poorly versed in the complexities of domestic politics and the balance of power in foreign policy. When adding up the numbers of accounts, she often resorted to the help of her fingers.
Quote Explanation: About Leopold Bloom's wife
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What domestic problem often worried him as much as, if not more than, any other? What to do with our wives.
Quote Explanation: Wife didn't work
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Originality, allowing you to produce an effect, may not lead to success, however.
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Only I aspire to other distances.
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What in the water delighted Bloom, the water-lover, the water-bearer of the water-bearer, when he returned to the stove? Its versatility; democratic equality and fidelity to one's nature and striving for one's own level; the vastness of its oceans, its immeasurable depth.
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Both, having received early home hardening and having inherited a daring propensity for dissent and opposition, rejected many generally accepted religious, national, social and moral doctrines. Both recognized the alternately stimulating and stupefying influence of the magnetic attraction of the sexes.
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Can true love exist between spouses if a third man is involved? Problem.
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The paper does not blush no matter how much it lies.
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I would wish that all people, without distinction of faiths and classes, would have a modest but decent income, not something beggarly. This is vital and quite achievable, and, moreover, it would contribute to greater cordiality between people. At least that's my point of view, whether it's true or not. This is what I call patriotism.
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All these miserable quarrels, in his humble understanding, painfully exciting a bump of militancy or some kind of iron, are completely mistakenly explained by the motives of honor and banner - in fact, the question in them is most often in the money issue, which is behind everything, in greed, in envy because people do not know the limit of anything.
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The question must always be considered from both sides. It is difficult to lay down any precise rules as to who is right and who is wrong, but still there is always room for improvement, although every country, including our long-suffering one, is said to have the kind of government it deserves.
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Irish warriors fought for England as often as against her, in fact more often.
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As long as the court and business are the most reasonable to enjoy the benefits of both countries, even if they were two hostile bands.
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