“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.”
“Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you”
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“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“In everything that you do, pause and ask yourself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives you of this”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
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