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“Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".”
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We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".”
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“Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“The meaning of life is that it stops.”
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“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity."
[Letter to Max Brod, July 5, 1922]”
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[Letter to Max Brod, July 5, 1922]”
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“I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.”
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Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Kane’s 2025 Year in Books
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