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Los sueños
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la cortesía la llave maestra para abrir la voluntad y afición, y la que costando poco vale mucho;
“But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“It is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.”
― 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
“We must indulge the mind and from time to time allow it the leisure which is its food and strength.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.”
― 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
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today. You are arranging what lies in Fortune’s control, and abandoning what lies in yours. What are you looking at? To what goal are you straining? The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
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