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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we…
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The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what…
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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and…
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to…
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a…
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present…
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Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us,…
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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk…
— Seth Klarman
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Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity,…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
— Emile M. Cioran
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I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
— Helen Clark
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And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For…
— David Hume
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If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which…
— Vaclav Havel
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Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ... or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or…
— Gerard De Nerval
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