“offences which are committed through desire are more blameable than those which are committed through anger. For he who is excited by anger seems to turn away from reason with a certain pain and unconscious contraction; but he who offends through desire, being overpowered by pleasure, seems to be in a manner more intemperate and more womanish in his offences.”
― The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
― The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
James’s 2025 Year in Books
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