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“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself”
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“To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.”
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“Kings and philosophers shit—and so do ladies.”
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“Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.”
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“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
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