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“Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.”
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“You must vie with time's swiftness in the speed of using it, and, as from a torrent that rushes by and will not always flow, you must drink quickly.”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
“As for thy thirst after books, away with it with all speed.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Does it serve any useful purpose to know that Pompey was the first to exhibit the slaughter of eighteen elephants in the Circus, pitting criminals against them in a mimic battle?”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
“Never ask, "Oh, why were things so much better in the old days?" It's not an intelligent question.”
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