“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― Prejudices First Series
― Prejudices First Series
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
― Dune
― Dune
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