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“Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you”
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“In everything that you do, pause and ask yourself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives you of this”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I'm out in nature. It's just something that's bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it's enough for me.”
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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
“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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Tara’s 2025 Year in Books
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