“I want us to be doing things, prolonging life's duties as much as we can. I want death to find me planting my cabbages, neither worrying about it nor the unfinished gardening.”
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“it is impossible to unlace
my heartstrings from yours
how do I untangle
a connection authored by the stars?”
― Harmony
my heartstrings from yours
how do I untangle
a connection authored by the stars?”
― Harmony
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.
(Anger is a brief madness: govern your mind [temper], for unless it obeys it commands.)”
― The Odes of Horace
(Anger is a brief madness: govern your mind [temper], for unless it obeys it commands.)”
― The Odes of Horace
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