Success in life is to maintain this ecstasy, to burn always… - Tom Stoppard

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Success in life is to maintain this ecstasy, to burn always with this hard gemlike flame.

Tom Stoppard

The Invention of Love · August 10, 1998 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter, knighted in 1997.

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Alternative Names: Sir Tom Stoppard • Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE • Tomáš Sträussler

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