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He who has a vehement desire for posthumous fame does not consider that every one of those who remember him will himself also die very soon; then again also they who have succeeded them, until the whole remembrance shall have been
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This is basically Shelley's "Ozymandias", from Ozymandias' POV, if Ozymandias were a rational Stoic rather than an egomaniacal tyrant
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“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.”
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“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
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“If you can read and have more imagination than a doorknob, what need do you have for a 'movie version' of a novel?”
― What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
― What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
“We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one.”
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