Sean
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“The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.”
― Light on Life
― Light on Life
“So you must match time’s swiftness with your speed in using it, and you must drink quickly as though from a rapid stream that will not always flow.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“324.—There is more self-love than love in jealousy.”
― Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
― Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“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
“78.—The love of justice is simply in the majority of men the fear of suffering injustice.”
― Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
― Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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