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Earth and sea merged, the sea tossed itself in the air in a fantastic dance, into the shapes of men and horses…
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There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill…
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But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world…
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I was conscious all the time that I was following mad whims without being able to do anything about it … .…
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Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt…
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In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you…
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Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what…
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Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the…
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I stood in the lee of an overhanging rock and thought of many things.
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When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.
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No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to…
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What if one were up there, drifting about among suns and feeling the tails of comets fan one's forehead! How small the…
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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
— Confucius
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The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
— Confucius
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The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
— Confucius
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The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.
— Confucius
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The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.
— Confucius
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Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
— Confucius
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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not…
— Confucius
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The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
— Confucius
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Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior…
— Confucius
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Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that,…
— Confucius
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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he…
— Confucius
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The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he…
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