For historical custom dictated that conquest be celebrated between the legs of the local women, and each succeeding conqueror had added a river of fresh genes to the local population. Thus they asked themselves, sometimes, in the
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“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”
― The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters
― The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters
“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.”
― Midnight Bayou
― Midnight Bayou
“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
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