Truth can be found everywhere, even on the lips of drunkards, in the noisiest of taverns.

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About Elie Wiesel

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Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during...

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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

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Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

—W. Somerset Maugham

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake—which I also keep handy.

—W. C. Fields

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

—Robert Benchley

One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.

—Oscar Levant

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

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