“No one who has ever done anything worth doing has gone uncriticized.”
― Lincoln in the Bardo
― Lincoln in the Bardo
“Life’s finest day for wretched mortals here Is always first to flee.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“every individual can make himself happy. External goods are of trivial importance and without much influence in either direction: prosperity does not elevate the sage and adversity does not depress him.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“The body’s needs are few: it wants to be free from cold, to banish hunger and thirst with nourishment; if we long for anything more we are exerting ourselves to serve our vices, not our needs.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
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