if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“The first was that if one did not master one’s circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them; and the second was Montaigne’s maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
― Twilight
― Twilight
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
― Julius Caesar
― Julius Caesar
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