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The Republic

by Plato

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The Confessions of Saint Augustine (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

by Augustine of Hippo

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“What I do know is that if we are born again, I will meet you in another life, and if there is a river, you will wait on the shores for me to come to you, so that we can cross together.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

tags: cassandra-clare, clockwork-princess, jem-carstairs, page-327, will-herondale

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“A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: man, strength-of-character

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“Firm they might have stood, yet fell; remember, and fear to transgress.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

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“We who are immortal, we are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

tags: immortality

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“It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: politics, strategy

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