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- The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed…
- To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
- There is nothing that Nature has made necessary which is more easy than death; we are longer a-coming into the world than going out of…
- We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which…
- Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with…
- What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy…
- Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The…
- Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future…
- Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things-eloquence cannot, nor the liberal studies-since…
- Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.
- No emotion falls into dislike so readily as sorrow.
- We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself.
- Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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